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neigh
[ ney ]
verb (used without object)
- to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
noun
- the cry of a horse; whinny.
neigh
/ neɪ /
noun
- the high-pitched cry of a horse; whinny
verb
- intr to make a neigh or a similar noise
- tr to utter with a sound like a neigh
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Word History and Origins
Origin of neigh1
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Example Sentences
A meaty neigh came out of the man before him, stark naked and on all fours.
Whilst he was speaking the horses began to neigh and snort and plunge wildly, so that the driver had to hold them up.
Young Matt knew the step of that horse, as well as he knew the sound of old Kate's bell, or the neigh of his own sorrel.
"No trouble at all," declared the horse, with a contemptuous neigh.
And at that moment the quiet air split to a piercing, horrid neigh of a terrified horse.
The neigh of the vicuña, like that of the other animals of its class, resembles a short, sharp whistle.
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