Neigh Definition

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neighed, neighing, neighs
noun
neighs
The long, high-pitched sound made by a horse.
American Heritage
This cry; a whinny.
Webster's New World
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verb
neighed, neighing, neighs
To utter the loud, characteristic cry of a horse; whinny.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Neigh

Noun

Singular:
neigh
Plural:
neighs

Origin of Neigh

  • From Middle English neighen to neigh from Old English hnǣgan probably of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • By (onomatopoeia)

    From Wiktionary

Neigh Sentence Examples

  • On my way to my dreaded doom I heard a neigh.

  • With a wild neigh of terror the animal fell bodily into the pit, drawing the buggy and its occupants after him.

  • Their cry is peculiar, being something between the belling of a deer and the neigh of a horse.

  • That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is that has browsed off all the woods on Walden shore, that Trojan horse, with a thousand men in his belly, introduced by mercenary Greeks!

  • The cab-horse was about to reply when suddenly he gave a start and a neigh of terror and stood trembling like a leaf.

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Words Starting With

NNENEI

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