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whinny

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whin⋅ny

[hwin-ee, win-ee] verb, -nied, -ny⋅ing, noun, plural -nies.
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter the characteristic cry of a horse; neigh.
–verb (used with object)
2. to express by whinnying.
–noun
3. a whinnying sound.

Origin:
1520–30; imit.; cf. earlier whrinny, L hinnīre
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whin·ny   (hwĭn'ē, wĭn'ē)   
v.   whin·nied (hwĭn'ēd, wĭn'-), whin·ny·ing, whin·nies (hwĭn'ēz, wĭn'-)

v.   intr.
To neigh, as a horse, especially in a gentle tone.
v.   tr.
To express in a whinny.
n.   pl. whin·nies
The sound made in whinnying; a neigh.

[Probably akin to whine, to whinny.]
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