whinny n 1: the characteristic sounds made by a horse [syn: {neigh}, {nicker}, {whicker}, {whinny}] v 1: make a characteristic sound, of a horse [syn: {neigh}, {nicker}, {whicker}, {whinny}]
Whinny \Whin"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whinnied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whinnying}.] [From {Whine}] To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh. [1913 Webster]
Whinny \Whin"ny\, n.; pl. {Whinnies}. The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately horse . . . stooped with a low whinny." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Whinny \Whin"ny\, a. Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze. [1913 Webster] A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common. --Sterne. [1913 Webster]
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "whinny": bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray, call, caterwaul, cry, give tongue, give voice, howl, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, neigh, nicker, pule, roar, screak, scream, screech, squall, squeak, squeal, troat, ululate, wail, whicker, whine, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl