whinny
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++whin·ny /ˈwɪni/ verb (whinnied, whinnying, whinnies) [intransitive] HBACif a horse whinnies, it makes a high sound 〔马〕嘶叫，欢嘶 → neigh —whinny noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
whinny• I heard the animals whinny and stamp.• Gleeson gave a brief, whinnying giggle.• Kings and sheep and whinnying horses and Serving maids and beggar boys gathered together in the frosty imagined night.• Tod's glands are in their dream mode, whinnying in nightmare.• A horse skidded on ice, whinnying loudly as it fell to its side.• He concluded that the horses were whinnying to him through affection.Origin whinny (1500-1600) From the soundwhin·ny verbChineseSyllable
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whinny
whin‧ny /ˈwɪni/
verb (past tense and past participle whinnied, present participle whinnying, third person singular whinnies) [intransitive]
—whinny noun [countable]
whin‧ny /ˈwɪni/
verb (past tense and past participle whinnied, present participle whinnying, third person singular whinnies) [intransitive] Date: 1500-1600
Origin: From the sound
if a horse whinnies, it makes a high sound ⇨ neighOrigin: From the sound
—whinny noun [countable]