"neighing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: neighings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} neighing (countable and uncountable, plural neighings)
  1. The sound made by a horse: an act or instance of the verb neigh. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: neigh#Noun
    Sense id: en-neighing-en-noun-VacXaDrY

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} neighing
  1. present participle and gerund of neigh Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: neigh
    Sense id: en-neighing-en-verb-pnvAgot- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for neighing meaning in English (1.7kB)

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