neighed; neighing; neighs
: to make the prolonged cry of a horse
neigh
noun
Examples of neigh in a Sentence
We heard the horses neighing in the stable.
the horses neighed when the rider came into the barn
Recent Examples on the Web
Across from them in their usual stalls stood the eight neighing horses.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The band joked about adding a neighing horse to the intro, and Rimes quickly inserted that sound from his plug-in collection.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024
Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey.
—Okwiri Oduor, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022
No such juvenilia intrudes upon the rather more adult-ish proceedings of the new film The Wanting Mare, in which horses neigh and stamp at the margins of a bleak, majestic world.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021
Horse trailers lined up in rows in Island Grove Regional Park, their passengers neighing indiscriminately.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019
Goats and sheep staying in the barn bleated, and horses neighed as the crowd of people grew.
—David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 23 July 2019
There in the the headquarters of Togo’s secret police — the notorious Research and Intelligence Service — the captives were beaten, waterboarded and forced to kneel and neigh like horses.
—Siobhan O'Grady, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
Across the barn, another horse was getting new shoes and neighed.
—Jason Nark, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The band joked about adding a neighing horse to the intro, and Rimes quickly inserted that sound from his plug-in collection.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024
Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey.
—Okwiri Oduor, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022
No such juvenilia intrudes upon the rather more adult-ish proceedings of the new film The Wanting Mare, in which horses neigh and stamp at the margins of a bleak, majestic world.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021
Horse trailers lined up in rows in Island Grove Regional Park, their passengers neighing indiscriminately.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019
Goats and sheep staying in the barn bleated, and horses neighed as the crowd of people grew.
—David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 23 July 2019
There in the the headquarters of Togo’s secret police — the notorious Research and Intelligence Service — the captives were beaten, waterboarded and forced to kneel and neigh like horses.
—Siobhan O'Grady, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
Across the barn, another horse was getting new shoes and neighed.
—Jason Nark, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
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“Neigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neigh. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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