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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whinny.wav Forms: whinnies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪni Etymology: From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whynyen}} Middle English whynyen, {{cog|enm|whinen|t=to whine}} Middle English whinen (“to whine”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whinny (plural whinnies)
  1. A gentle neigh. Categories (topical): Animal sounds Categories (lifeform): Horses Translations (Translations): rincho [masculine] (Galician), Wiehern [neuter] (German), χλιμίντρισμα (chlimíntrisma) (Greek), hnegg [neuter] (Icelandic), cuach [feminine] (Irish), zviedziens [masculine] (Latvian), relincho [masculine] (Portuguese), relinchito [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-whinny-en-noun-wzLqloCz Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 55 45 Disambiguation of Horses: 54 46 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whinney

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whinny.wav Forms: whinnies [present, singular, third-person], whinnying [participle, present], whinnied [participle, past], whinnied [past]
Rhymes: -ɪni Etymology: From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whynyen}} Middle English whynyen, {{cog|enm|whinen|t=to whine}} Middle English whinen (“to whine”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} whinny (third-person singular simple present whinnies, present participle whinnying, simple past and past participle whinnied)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Animal sounds Categories (lifeform): Horses Translations (Translations): χρεμετίζω (khremetízō) (Ancient Greek), rinchar (Galician), wiehern (German), hneggja (Icelandic), nitrire (Italian), hinniō (Latin), zviegt (Latvian), tūpererū (Maori), اوقرامق (okramak) (Ottoman Turkish), relinchar (Portuguese), ржать (ržatʹ) (Russian), okramak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-whinny-en-verb-byCiX690 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 55 45 Disambiguation of Horses: 54 46 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whinney

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Coordinate term: (sometimes synonymous) nicker"
        },
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          "ref": "1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 85–86:",
          "text": "And moving out they found the stately horse, / Who now no more a vassal to the thief, / But free to stretch his limbs in lawful fight, / Neigh'd with all gladness as they came, and stoop'd / With a low whinny toward the pair: […]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɪni/"
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    {
      "word": "whinney"
    }
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      "word": "rincho"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Wiehern"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chlimíntrisma",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "χλιμίντρισμα"
    },
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hnegg"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuach"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "zviedziens"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "relinchito"
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}

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          "text": "Coordinate term: (sometimes synonymous) nicker"
        },
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          "ref": "1904 May, Winston Churchill, The Crossing, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, book I (The Borderland), page 240:",
          "text": "Cattle lowed here and there, and horses whinnied to be fed.",
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          "ref": "1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter XIII, in The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:",
          "text": "A pony whinnied a short distance from the hut.",
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          "ref": "2014 January 28, Will Self, “John Gray: Forget everything you know”, in Independent, retrieved 2021-03-03:",
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        "(transitive, intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh."
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "rinchar"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "wiehern"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khremetízō",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "χρεμετίζω"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hneggja"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "nitrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "hinniō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zviegt"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tūpererū"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "okramak",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "اوقرامق"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "relinchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ržatʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ржать"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "okramak"
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  ],
  "word": "whinny"
}

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