whinny
English
Etymology
From whine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪni/
- Homophone: Winnie
- Rhymes: -ɪni
Noun
whinny (plural whinnies)
- A gentle neigh.
- Tennyson
- The stately horse […] stooped with a low whinny.
- Tennyson
Translations
a gentle neigh
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Verb
whinny (third-person singular simple present whinnies, present participle whinnying, simple past and past participle whinnied)
- (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.
Translations
of a horse; to make a gentle neigh
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