whinny

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪni

Etymology

From whine.

Noun

whinny (plural whinnies)

1. A gentle neigh.
   • Tennyson

     The stately horse […] stooped with a low whinny.

Translations

a gentle neigh

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Wiehern (de) n

• Icelandic: hnegg (is) n
• Spanish: relinchito (es) m

Verb

whinny (third-person singular simple present whinnies, present participle whinnying, simple past and past participle whinnied)

1. (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.

Translations

of a horse; to make a gentle neigh

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: wiehern (de)
• Icelandic: hneggja (is)

• Italian: nitrire (it)
• Russian: ржать (ru) (ržat’)