whinny

🇺🇸 /ˈwɪni/ 🇬🇧 /ˈwɪni/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
noun
R

The sound a horse makes when it is happy or excited.

The children heard the whinny of a horse from the nearby stable.

verb
R

To make the sound that a horse does when it is happy or excited.

The horse whinnied when it saw its owner approaching.

translation

n. The sound a horse makes when it is happy or excited.
v. To make the sound that a horse does when it is happy or excited.

Word Forms

3rd Present whinnies
Past whinnied
Perfect whinnied
Progressive whinnying
Plural whinnies