Nickering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
The sound of a horse that nickers.
"Their tender little nickerings would have moved a heart of stone."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of nicker form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

neigh bark bawl bay bellow blare

Example

"Their tender little nickerings would have moved a heart of stone."

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