whinny [
'hwini]
whinnywhinnied[ noun ]- the characteristic sounds made by a horse
<noun.event>
[ verb ]- make a characteristic sound, of a horse
<verb.communication> neigh nicker whicker
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.
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.
Whinny \Whin"ny\, a.
Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common.
--Sterne.