Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The noise made by a horse in crib-biting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Far.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See cribbing, 4.

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Examples

  • The car as a stationary sleeping palace is one thing, but as a speeding, scenery flying, wind-sucking metallic force of natureFreud is having none of it.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • The car as a stationary sleeping palace is one thing, but as a speeding, scenery flying, wind-sucking metallic force of natureFreud is having none of it.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • The car as a stationary sleeping palace is one thing, but as a speeding, scenery flying, wind-sucking metallic force of natureFreud is having none of it.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • The car as a stationary sleeping palace is one thing, but as a speeding, scenery flying, wind-sucking metallic force of natureFreud is having none of it.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • Stabling a horse next to one that's cribbing, wind-sucking, weaving or box walking can increase the likelihood of similar behaviour in the other, the study involving 287 horses at nine Hungarian riding schools found.

    Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines 2009

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