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Webster 1913 Edition
Whinny
Whin′ny
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Whinnied
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whinnying
.] [From
Whine
] To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
Whin′ny
,Noun.
pl.
Whinnies
. The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh.
“The stately horse . . . stooped with a low whinny.” Tennyson.
Whin′ny
,Adj.
Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
A fine, large,
whinny
, . . . unimproved common. Sterne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whinny
WHINNY
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
whinny
whinny
English
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.