whinny

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɪni/

Noun

whinny (plural whinnies)

1. A gentle neigh.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Geraint and Enid

     The stately horse […] stooped with a low whinny.

Translations

• German: Wiehern
• Portuguese: relincho
• Spanish: relinchito

Verb

whinny (whinnies, present participle whinnying; past and past participle whinnied)

1. (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.

Translations

• German: wiehern
• Italian: nitrire
• Portuguese: relinchar
• Russian: ржать

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