neigh
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English neighen, from Old English hnǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjōną (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, 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.
- (obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
- c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, OCLC 3083972, Act 4, scene 1:
- Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […]
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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