as in whinnying
to make the cry typical of a horse
the horses neighed when the rider came into the barn
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Recent Examples of neighing
Now the unicorn is back, cutely neighing, its mouth as open as Laura’s is closed.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neighing
whinnying
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McCaffrey is whinnying as the workhorse.—
Brad Evans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Neighing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neighing. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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