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neigh

[ney]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.

noun

the cry of a horse; whinny.

neigh

/ �Ա�ɪ /

noun

the high-pitched cry of a horse; whinny

verb

(intr) to make a neigh or a similar noise
(tr) to utter with a sound like a neigh

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Word History and Origins

Origin of neigh¹

before 1000; Middle English ney ( gh ) en, Old English ��ǣ��, cognate with Middle Dutch neyen, Old Saxon ��ŧ��, Middle High German ��ŧ��, Old High German hneigen, Old Norse hneggja; akin to Old Saxon hnechian; Middle Dutch nighen, Middle Low German nigen, Middle High German nyhen; and, with intrusion in the initial, Old Norse gneggja, Norwegian kneggja. See nag ²

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Word History and Origins

Origin of neigh¹

Old English ��ǣ��; related to Old Saxon ��ŧ��

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Example Sentences

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Across from them in their usual stalls stood the eight neighing horses.

From

A little ways back, a horse neighed loudly.

From

Horses neighed in terror, dogs stared into space, transfixed by the tremors, and in Central Park, an Egyptian obelisk “trembled from apex to pedestal,” according to a New York Times article dated Aug. 11, 1884.

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Eardrums drenched in the whirring neighs of 1,000 mechanical horses.

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Buttons was standing in front of the machine, bumping it with his nose and neighing.

From

Nehru neighbor

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