whinny

Examples

• All

• A high-pitched whinny from the horse taunted OneToe, but he refused to look up at the too-familiar abduction.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Hearing his voice, the gray lets loose with a whinny, and the horses scatter.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Outside, I heard a horse whinny and a man shouting.

  Fiction book (1999)

• A soft whinny was coming from a grove of trees.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The horse whinnies, objecting in retreat before being coaxed forward by the threat of pain.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Lightning flashes, a horse whinnies, and then the thunder cracks and rolls.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Joco leaned over the stall door and answered with an impatient whinny.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Behind him, the horse lifts its head from grazing and lets out a long, impatient whinny, but Francesco does not hear it.

  Fiction book (2000)

• "Swift-Arrow's steed gave a flirtatious whinny as she plunged toward Fronto."

  Fiction book (1995)

• As I approached the stables, I heard a whinny that signaled a horse was ready to be fed.

Synonyms

N

neigh

vswhinny

6 4.6

A loud, high sound that a horse makes

is the gentler high pitched horse sound rather than a loud call

N

to nicker

vswhinny

1 9.9

To make a soft low sound as a horse does when greeting or expecting food

is a higher clearer horse sound rather than a very soft call

W

whicker

vswhinny

9.9

A soft neigh a horse makes when it greets or calls

is the same sound but specifically gentle and higher pitched

How High-Pitched

whinny

11 6.4

to neigh

3 3.7

to nicker

1 9.9

snort

42 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology