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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Whinny
//ˈwɪni//
Synonyms for "whinny" (49 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
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Translations
24 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χρεμετίζω verb (Translations)
Galician
2 entries- rincho noun (Translations)
- rinchar verb (Translations)
German
2 entries- Wiehern noun (Translations)
- wiehern verb (Translations)
Greek
4 entries- χλιμίντρισμα noun (Translations)
- βραχνιάζω verb (Translations)
- χλιμιντρίζω verb (Translations)
- χλιμιντρώ verb (Translations)
Icelandic
2 entries- hnegg noun (Translations)
- hneggja verb (Translations)
Irish
1 entries- cuach noun (Translations)
Italian
1 entries- nitrire verb (Translations)
Latin
1 entries- hinniō verb (Translations)
Latvian
2 entries- zviedziens noun (Translations)
- zviegt verb (Translations)
Māori
1 entries- tūpererū verb (Translations)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوقرامق verb (Translations)
Portuguese
2 entries- relincho noun (Translations)
- relinchar verb (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- ржать verb (Translations)
Spanish
1 entries- relinchito noun (Translations)
Turkish
1 entries- okramak verb (Translations)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
When my wife and I heard a plaintive whinny from our laundry room the other day, we knew that our old dryer had cycled its last load.
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Cattle lowed here and there, and horses whinnied to be fed.
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A pony whinnied a short distance from the hut.
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