Whinny

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whinny \Whin"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whinnied}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Whinnying}.] [From {Whine}]
     To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Whinny \Whin"ny\, n.; pl. {Whinnies}.
     The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately
     horse . . . stooped with a low whinny." --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whinny \Whin"ny\, a.
     Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
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           A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common.
                                                    --Sterne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whinny
       n : the characteristic sounds made by a horse [syn: {neigh}, {nicker},
            {whicker}]
       v : characteristic of horses [syn: {neigh}, {nicker}, {whicker}]
       [also: {whinnied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "whinny":
     bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray,
     call, caterwaul, cry, give tongue, give voice, howl, low, meow,
     mew, mewl, miaow, moo, neigh, nicker, pule, roar, screak, scream,
     screech, squall, squeak, squeal, troat, ululate, wail, whicker,
     whine, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl