Neighing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sound made by a horse: an act or instance of the verb neigh. countable, uncountable

    "And when the earth beneath his tameless tread, Shook with the sullen thunder, he would spread His nostrils to the blast, and joyously Mock the fierce peal with neighings; […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of neigh form-of, gerund, participle, present

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neigh

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"Have you heard the horse neighing?"

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