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English
Etymology
From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
whinny (plural whinnies)
- A gentle neigh.
- Hypernym: neigh
- Coordinate term: (sometimes synonymous) nicker
1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., , →OCLC, pages 85–86:And moving out they found the stately horse, / Who now no more a vassal to the thief, / But free to stretch his limbs in lawful fight, / Neigh'd with all gladness as they came, and stoop'd / With a low whinny toward the pair: […]
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Verb
whinny (third-person singular simple present whinnies, present participle whinnying, simple past and past participle whinnied)
- (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.
- Hypernym: neigh
- Coordinate term: (sometimes synonymous) nicker
2014 January 28, Will Self, “John Gray: Forget everything you know”, in Independent, retrieved March 3, 2021:[John Gray] whinnies like a donnish Houyhnhnm[.]
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