neigh
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English neighen, from Old English hnǣgan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjōjanan (compare Dutch (southern) neien, Old High German hneigen, Icelandic hneggja).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
neigh (plural neighs)
Translations[edit]
the cry of a horse
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Verb[edit]
neigh (third-person singular simple present neighs, present participle neighing, simple past and past participle neighed)
- (of a horse) to make its cry
- to make a sound similar to a horse's cry
- This fake laughter sounds like a horse neighing.
- (obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- neighed at his nakedness
- Beaumont and Fletcher
Translations[edit]
(of a horse) to make its cry
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to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
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