adjective
-·nier, -·ni·est covered with whin, or furze
Origin of whinny
whin + -ywhinny
whin·nyintransitive verb
whin′nied, whin′ny·ing to neigh in a low, gentle, contented way
Origin of whinny
probably echoic to express with a whinny
noun
pl. -·nies the whinnying of a horse, or a similar sound
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whinny
verb
whin·nied, whin·ny·ing, whin·niesverb
intransitiveTo neigh, as a horse, especially in a gentle tone.
verb
transitiveTo express in a whinny.
noun
pl. whin·niesThe sound made in whinnying; a neigh.
Origin of whinny
Probably akin to whine to whinnyTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present whinnies, present participle whinnying, simple past and past participle whinnied)
- (intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.
Origin
From whine.
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