Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The sterile hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A mule got from a she-ass by a stallion.
  • To neigh; whinny.
  • noun A dialectal (Scotch) variant of honey.

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

  • noun A hybrid between a stallion and an ass; -- correlative of the mule.
  • noun Prov. Eng. A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey.

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  • noun The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
  • verb To whinny
  • noun Geordie A term of endearment usually for women.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration of Latin hinnus, from Greek ginnos, innos.]

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From Latin hinnus - possibly cognate with hinnire ("to whinny").

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From standard English honey.

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Alteration of whinny, which is onomatopoeic.

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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.

    Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

  • A hinny is the offspring of a stallion and a she - donkey.

    Chapter 5 1977

  • 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 1859

  • Named for the proteins on its surface, it's known as H1N1 also called "hinny" by morons who think that's a word.

    Archive 2009-09-01 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • Named for the proteins on its surface, it's known as H1N1 also called "hinny" by morons who think that's a word.

    Everything You Need to Know About the Flu 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • 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.

    Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Effie Afton 1858

  • "There's kames o 'hinny 'tween my luve's lips."] [Footnote 244: _Wawae-noho_.

    Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

  • Newcastle City Coucil banned staff from saying pet and hinny, Blackpool taxi drivers were prevented from flaunting the cross of St. George.

    Archive 2007-04-29 Newmania 2007

  • Newcastle City Coucil banned staff from saying pet and hinny, Blackpool taxi drivers were prevented from flaunting the cross of St. George.

    Don`t Get Me Started Newmania 2007

  • Newcastle City Coucil banned staff from saying pet and hinny, Blackpool taxi drivers were prevented from flaunting the cross of St. George.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Newmania 2007

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  • when a boy horse and a girl donkey love each other very much....

    May 21, 2010