neigh
Pronunciation Noun

neigh (plural neighs)

  1. The cry of a horse.
Translations Verb

neigh (neighs, present participle neighing; past and past participle neighed)

  1. (of a horse) To make its cry.
  2. To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
  3. (obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher, “Wit Without Mony”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972 ↗, Act 4, scene 1:
      Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […]
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