whinny

Etymology

From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).

noun

  1. A gentle neigh.

verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.
    [John Gray] whinnies like a donnish Houyhnhnm[.] January 28, 2014, Will Self, “John Gray: Forget everything you know”, in Independent, retrieved 2021-03-03

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