Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mule got from a she-ass by a stallion.
- To neigh; whinny.
- n. A dialectal (Scotch) variant of honey.
Wiktionary
- n. The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
- v. To whinny
- n. Geordie A term of endearment usually for women.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A hybrid between a stallion and an ass; -- correlative of the
mule . - n. Prov. Eng. A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from
honey .
WordNet 3.0
- n. hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile
Etymologies
- From standard English honey. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration of Latin hinnus, from Greek ginnos, innos. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I knew nothing about that horse except that a hinny was the sterile issue of stallion and jenny, most like a mule but prettier, yet already I was eager to ride her.”
“A hinny is the offspring of a stallion and a she - donkey.”
“On the other hand, the hinny, which is the offspring of the stallion and the she-ass, is essentially a modified horse, having the general configuration of the horse, but being a much smaller animal than its sire, and therefore approaching the dam in size as well as in the comparative narrowness of its trunk.”
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
“Named for the proteins on its surface, it's known as H1N1 also called "hinny" by morons who think that's a word.”
“Aunt Patty said she should be lost without her "hinny," and George Wild remonstrated half angrily with her, for going off to leave him alone; but all to no effect -- Annie must go.”
“There's kames o 'hinny 'tween my luve's lips."] [Footnote 244: _Wawae-noho_.”
“Newcastle City Coucil banned staff from saying pet and hinny, Blackpool taxi drivers were prevented from flaunting the cross of St. George.”
“Will you show me -- every time I try to go, I, you know, bust my hinny.”
“Mony a warsle he has had for that puir lassie — I am thinking he petitions mair for her than for yoursell, hinny; for what can he plead for you but just to wish you the blessing ye deserve?”
““Very true, hinny,” said he, succeeding forcibly in his attempt to get hold of her, “but suppose I should strip your cloak off first?””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hinny’.
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horses
everything horses
horse, bay, bloodhorse, bloodstock, bolter, broncho, bronco, brumby, bucker, buckjumper, cob, cocktail and 200 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
place bet, Przewalski's horse, piaffe, genus Claviceps, stadium jumping, draft animal, snaffle bit, noseband, equestrian sport, endurance riding, curb bit, dressage and 678 more...
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here, horsey!
horse-related words (sometimes several times removed from actual equines)
horse, donkey, mule, hinny, gelding, stallion, mare, hobby horse, clotheshorse, sawhorse, horseradish, equine and 28 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. II
cicurate, circumforaneous, codger, comiconomenclaturist, constable, contradistinction, contraindicated, counterpane, coxcomb, decalcomania, decanal, decoction and 307 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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Animal Crackers
camel, dromedary, cabbit, doglet, wren, lynx, ermine, capybara, magpie, mallard, heron, loach and 33 more...
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zoology
animals of interest
sloth, kakapo, kaka, hoatzin, numbat, wombat, hyena, wallaby, emu, morepork, jackdaw, magpie and 73 more...
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say it again?
words that i want to hear just because they tickle my ears.
intrinsic, autonomy, alacrity, rickets, frippery, harrow, fasciculation, assuage, scathing, verity, pachyderm, hinny and 8 more...
Tweets
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joanne when a boy horse and a girl donkey love each other very much.... May 21, 2010