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WHINNY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: whinnied   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The characteristic sounds made by a horse

Synonyms:

neigh; nicker; whicker; whinny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("whinny" is a kind of...):

cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)

Derivation:

whinny (make a characteristic sound, of a horse)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a characteristic sound, of a horse

Synonyms:

neigh; nicker; whicker; whinny

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "whinny" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

whinny (the characteristic sounds made by a horse)

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