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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The long, high-pitched sound made by a horse.
  2. v. To utter the characteristic sound of a horse; whinny.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
  2. To scoff; sneer.
  3. n. The cry of a horse; a whinnying.
  4. An obsolete form of nigh.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The cry of a horse.
  2. v. of a horse to make its cry
  3. v. to make a sound similar to a horses' cry

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.
  2. v. obsolete To scoff or sneer; to jeer.
  3. n. The cry of a horse; a whinny.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make a characteristic sound, of a horse
  2. n. the characteristic sounds made by a horse

Etymologies

  1. By (onomatopoeia) (Wiktionary)
  2. From Middle English neighen, to neigh, from Old English hnǣgan, probably of imitative origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “U.S. Anehuser-Busch not saying 'neigh' just yet to Clydesdales in S.per Bowl, asks fans to vote Bud to take vote on Clydesdales in S.per BowlMILWAUKEE - Anheuser-Busch isn't saying "neigh" just yet to putting its Clydesdales in the S.per Bowl.”

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  • “Anehuser-Busch not saying 'neigh' just yet to Clydesdales in Super Bowl, asks fans to vote Bud to take vote on Clydesdales in Super BowlMILWAUKEE - Anheuser-Busch isn't saying "neigh" just yet to putting its Clydesdales in the Super Bowl.”

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  • “The answer which came to mind was to call your neigh-brrr.”

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  • “Official Google Blog: Connect with your "neigh"bors using Google Places skip to main”

    Connect with your "neigh"bors using Google Places

  • “OpEdNews - Article: Say 'neigh' to horse-drawn 'sleighs”

    Say 'neigh' to horse-drawn 'sleighs'

  • “Say 'neigh' to horse-drawn 'sleighs' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Say \'neigh\' to horse-drawn \'sleighs\ ''; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Today\'s crowded streets and mall parking lots are no place for horse-drawn carriages.”

    Say 'neigh' to horse-drawn 'sleighs'

  • “One of my horse magazines had all the different words for "neigh" from around the world.”

    Playing catch-up

  • “The Brownie answered with a little cheerful kind of neigh, as much as to say, Never fear me!”

    The Wide, Wide World

  • “A moment's pause was sufficient for the unicorn; some subtle instinct doubtless taught him that in the strange beings who had thus unexpectedly revealed themselves he beheld enemies more dangerous than the most deadly of his four-footed foes; and, wheeling quickly about, he uttered a curious barking kind of neigh and dashed off at a headlong gallop in the direction already taken by the rest of his companions.”

    The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure

  • “A horse marrying a man is unthinkable … every horse I know would balk at the altar and give a "neigh" when asked "Do you take this man as your husband.”

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synonyms (6)

Words with the same meaning

  1. jeer
  1. whinny
  1. cry
  1. hinny
  1. whinner
  1. nicher

hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. emit
  1. let out
  1. let loose
  1. utter
  1. cry

same context (23)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. whinny
  2. neighing
  3. hurrah
  4. whoop
  1. yelp
  2. nicker
  3. squawking
  4. bleat
  1. snort
  2. clank
  3. cackle
  4. trample
  1. huskiness
  2. guffaw
  3. catcall
  4. blare
  1. peal
  2. yip
  3. bugle-call
  4. bellow
  1. ululation
  2. caw
  3. war-whoop

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. Ney
  2. nee
  1. neie
  2. hinniate
  1. hinny
  2. pirate
  1. whicker
  2. whinny
  1. Wigner
  2. wighie
  1. nicker
  2. wigher
  1. relict
  2. voice

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  1. Frau Blucher
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  • bilby "'No,' she laughed. How on earth could that be done? If you try to laugh and say 'No' at the same time, it sounds like neighing -- yet people are perpetually doing it in novels. If they did it in real life they would be locked up."
    -- Hilaire Belloc, 'On People in Books,' 1910. Dec 24, 2012

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