Neigh synonyms

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whinny
(Intransitive, of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.
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nicker
To neigh softly.
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call
To indicate or characterize accurately in advance; predict:
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sound (related)
A type of longitudinal wave that originates as the vibration of a medium (such as a person's vocal cords or a guitar string) and travels through gases, liquids, and elastic solids as variations of pressure and density. The loudness of a sound perceived by the ear depends on the amplitude of the sound wave and is measured in decibels, while its pitch depends on its frequency, measured in hertz.
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whicker
The soft neigh made by a horse.
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yelp (related)
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yowl (related)
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Neigh Sentence Examples

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

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

  • 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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