whinny


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whin·ny

 (wĭn′ē, hwĭn′ē)
v. whin·nied, whin·ny·ing, whin·nies
v.intr.
To neigh, as a horse, especially in a gentle tone.
v.tr.
To express in a whinny.
n. pl. whin·nies
The sound made in whinnying; a neigh.
[Probably akin to whine, to whinny.]
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whinny

(ˈwɪnɪ)
vb (intr) , -nies, -nying or -nied
1. (Zoology) (of a horse) to neigh softly or gently
2. to make a sound resembling a neigh, such as a laugh
n, pl -nies
a gentle or low-pitched neigh
[C16: of imitative origin]
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whin•ny

(ˈʰwɪn i, ˈwɪn i)

n., pl. -nies, n.
1. a subdued gentle neigh of a horse.
v.i.
2. to utter a whinny or similar sound.
[1520–30; imitative; compare earlier whrinny, Latin hinnīre]
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whinny


Past participle: whinnied
Gerund: whinnying

Imperative
whinny
whinny
Present
I whinny
you whinny
he/she/it whinnies
we whinny
you whinny
they whinny
Preterite
I whinnied
you whinnied
he/she/it whinnied
we whinnied
you whinnied
they whinnied
Present Continuous
I am whinnying
you are whinnying
he/she/it is whinnying
we are whinnying
you are whinnying
they are whinnying
Present Perfect
I have whinnied
you have whinnied
he/she/it has whinnied
we have whinnied
you have whinnied
they have whinnied
Past Continuous
I was whinnying
you were whinnying
he/she/it was whinnying
we were whinnying
you were whinnying
they were whinnying
Past Perfect
I had whinnied
you had whinnied
he/she/it had whinnied
we had whinnied
you had whinnied
they had whinnied
Future
I will whinny
you will whinny
he/she/it will whinny
we will whinny
you will whinny
they will whinny
Future Perfect
I will have whinnied
you will have whinnied
he/she/it will have whinnied
we will have whinnied
you will have whinnied
they will have whinnied
Future Continuous
I will be whinnying
you will be whinnying
he/she/it will be whinnying
we will be whinnying
you will be whinnying
they will be whinnying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been whinnying
you have been whinnying
he/she/it has been whinnying
we have been whinnying
you have been whinnying
they have been whinnying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been whinnying
you will have been whinnying
he/she/it will have been whinnying
we will have been whinnying
you will have been whinnying
they will have been whinnying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been whinnying
you had been whinnying
he/she/it had been whinnying
we had been whinnying
you had been whinnying
they had been whinnying
Conditional
I would whinny
you would whinny
he/she/it would whinny
we would whinny
you would whinny
they would whinny
Past Conditional
I would have whinnied
you would have whinnied
he/she/it would have whinnied
we would have whinnied
you would have whinnied
they would have whinnied
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.whinny - the characteristic sounds made by a horsewhinny - the characteristic sounds made by a horse
neigh, nicker, whicker
cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb1.whinny - make a characteristic sound, of a horse
neigh, nicker, whicker
let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
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Translations
صَهيل، حَمْحَمَهيَصْهَل الحِصان، يُحَمْحِم
vrinskevrinsken
hnegghneggja
zviedzienszviegt
kişnemekişnemek

whinny

[ˈwɪnɪ]
A. N → relincho m
B. VI → relinchar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

whinny

n → Wiehern nt no pl, → Gewieher nt no pl
vi → wiehern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

whinny

[ˈwɪnɪ]
1. vi → nitrire
2. n → nitrito
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

whinny

(ˈwini) verb
to make the cry of a horse. The horse whinnied when it saw its master.
noun – plural ˈwhinnies –
such a cry.
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