intransitive verb
: neigh, whinny
… he nickers and whinnies when I show up in the morning and comes at a trot when I call him in from the pasture …—Jane Smiley
: the cry of a horse : whinny, neigh
… a chorus of nickers arises from the throats of the Family Horses.—Maxine Kumin
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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