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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024neigh /neɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Animal Behaviorthe high-pitched, snorting sound of a horse.
v. [no object] - Animal Behaviorto make such a sound.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024neigh (nā),USA pronunciation v.i. - Animal Behaviorto utter the cry of a horse;
whinny.
n. - Animal Behaviorthe cry of a horse;
whinny.
- bef. 1000; Middle English ney(gh)en, Old English hnǣgan, cognate with Middle Dutch neyen, Old Saxon hnēgian, Middle High German nēgen, Old High German hneigen, Old Norse hneggja; akin to Old Saxon hnechian; Middle Dutch nighen, Middle Low German nigen, Middle High German nyhen; and, with intrusion in the initial, Old Norse gneggja, Norwegian kneggja. See nag2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: neigh /neɪ/ n - the high-pitched cry of a horse; whinny
vb - (intransitive) to make a neigh or a similar noise
Etymology: Old English hnǣgan; related to Old Saxon hnēgian |