What does "whinny" mean?
Whinny: To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
Additional senses
- 2.The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately horse . . . stooped with a low whinny." Tennyson.
- 3.Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze. A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common. Sterne.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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