neigh

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neigh

high-pitched sound made by a horse

Not to be confused with:

nay – refusal; denial; negative vote

neigh

(nā)

The long, high-pitched sound made by a horse.

intr.v. neighed, neigh·ing, neighs

To utter the characteristic sound of a horse; whinny.

[From Middle English neighen, to neigh, from Old English hnǣgan, probably of imitative origin.]

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neigh

(neɪ)

the high-pitched cry of a horse; whinny

1. (intr) to make a neigh or a similar noise

2. (tr) to utter with a sound like a neigh

[Old English hnǣgan; related to Old Saxon hnēgian]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

neigh

(neɪ)
n.

1. the complex, high-pitched, snorting sound of a horse.

v.i.

2. to utter such a sound.

[before 1000; Middle English ney(gh)en, Old English hnǣgan, c. Middle Dutch neyen, Old High German hneigen, Old Norse hneggja]

neigh

Past participle: neighed
Gerund: neighing

Imperative
neigh
neigh

Present
I neigh
you neigh
he/she/it neighs
we neigh
you neigh
they neigh

Preterite
I neighed
you neighed
he/she/it neighed
we neighed
you neighed
they neighed

Present Continuous
I am neighing
you are neighing
he/she/it is neighing
we are neighing
you are neighing
they are neighing

Present Perfect
I have neighed
you have neighed
he/she/it has neighed
we have neighed
you have neighed
they have neighed

Past Continuous
I was neighing
you were neighing
he/she/it was neighing
we were neighing
you were neighing
they were neighing

Past Perfect
I had neighed
you had neighed
he/she/it had neighed
we had neighed
you had neighed
they had neighed

Future
I will neigh
you will neigh
he/she/it will neigh
we will neigh
you will neigh
they will neigh

Future Perfect
I will have neighed
you will have neighed
he/she/it will have neighed
we will have neighed
you will have neighed
they will have neighed

Future Continuous
I will be neighing
you will be neighing
he/she/it will be neighing
we will be neighing
you will be neighing
they will be neighing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been neighing
you have been neighing
he/she/it has been neighing
we have been neighing
you have been neighing
they have been neighing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been neighing
you will have been neighing
he/she/it will have been neighing
we will have been neighing
you will have been neighing
they will have been neighing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been neighing
you had been neighing
he/she/it had been neighing
we had been neighing
you had been neighing
they had been neighing

Conditional
I would neigh
you would neigh
he/she/it would neigh
we would neigh
you would neigh
they would neigh

Past Conditional
I would have neighed
you would have neighed
he/she/it would have neighed
we would have neighed
you would have neighed
they would have neighed

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Noun	1.	neigh - the characteristic sounds made by a horse nicker, whicker, whinny cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	neigh - make a characteristic sound, of a horse nicker, whicker, whinny let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

Translations

صَهيليَصْهَل

řehtánířehtat

vrinskevrinsken

Wiehern

χλιμιντρίζω

gritar

hennir hennissement hurler crier

hnegghneggja

nitrito nitrire

zviedzienszviegt

knegg knegge vrinsk vrinske

ржать

rezgetanjerezgetati

kişnemekişnemek

马嘶马嘶声

neigh

[neɪ]

A. N → relincho m

B. VI → relinchar

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neigh

[ˈneɪ]

vi [horse] → hennir

n → hennissement m
to give a neigh → hennirneighbor states npl (US) → États mpl voisins

neigh

vi → wiehern

n → Wiehern nt

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neigh

[neɪ]

1. vi → nitrire

2. n → nitrito

neigh

(nei) verb

to utter the cry of a horse. They could hear the horses neighing.

noun

such a cry. The horse gave a neigh.

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Attracted by the horses, lions roared about the boma, and to their hideous din was added the shrill neighs of the terror-stricken beasts they hunted.

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But having heard the neigh of the horse, they were so enchanted with the sound, that they tried to imitate it; and, in trying to neigh, they forgot how to sing.

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Then he neighed three or four times, but in so different a cadence, that I almost began to think he was speaking to himself, in some language of his own.

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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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When she saw him at the gate she would neigh with joy, and trot up to him.

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For especially wicked am I in the morning: at the early hour when the pail rattleth at the well, and horses neigh warmly in grey lanes:--

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I should like well to hear them neigh over their hardly earned feed of corn, and see them, with their moist necks freed from the harness, dipping their eager nostrils into the muddy pond.