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Whinny

//ˈwɪni// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gentle neigh.

    "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: […]"

  2. 2
    the characteristic sounds made by a horse wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a gentle neigh. intransitive, transitive

    "Cattle lowed here and there, and horses whinnied to be fed."

  2. 2
    make a characteristic sound, of a horse wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).

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