neighing

neighing

1. present participle and gerund of neigh

neighing (countable and uncountable, plural neighings)

1. The sound made by a horse: an act or instance of the verb neigh.

   Synonym: neigh

   Hyponyms: nicker, whinny

   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 278:

     And when the earth beneath his tameless tread,
     Shook with the sullen thunder, he would spread
     His nostrils to the blast, and joyously
     Mock the fierce peal with neighings; […]

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 106:

     During the night a neighing of horses was heard, and when day broke, they found these three animals had joined those belonging to our party.

   • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time:

     Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.

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