neighing

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Verb

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neighing

  1. present participle and gerund of neigh

Noun

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neighing (countable and uncountable, plural neighings)

  1. The sound made by a horse: an act or instance of the verb neigh.
    Synonym: neigh
    Hyponyms: nicker, whinny
    • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. []”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. [], volume I, London: Edward Moxon [], published 1839, →OCLC, page 278:
      And when the earth beneath his tameless tread,
      Shook with the sullen thunder, he would spread
      His nostrils to the blast, and joyously
      Mock the fierce peal with neighings; []
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 106:
      During the night a neighing of horses was heard, and when day broke, they found these three animals had joined those belonging to our party.
    • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time:
      Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.

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