neigh

Speech parts

1. neigh - Noun

2. neigh - Verb

Meaning

To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.

To scoff or sneer; to jeer.

The cry of a horse; a whinny.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

whinny nicker bray snort cry squeal whicker bay crow coo moo mew yelp caw bellow
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Antonyms

whisper shut up button it button one's lip keep one's lips sealed shut one's face
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Hypernyms

emit cry utter let out let loose

Derivatives

neighed neighing

Anagrams

hinge

Examples

For I am shave as neigh as any frere. But yit I praye unto youre curteisye: Beeth hevy again, or elles moot I die. Geoffrey Chaucer

If horses neigh to one another, they become acquainted, if people talk to one another, they become acquainted. Altay Proverb

My treasures do not chink or glitter. They gleam in the sun and neigh in the night. Bedouin Proverb

Do not dwell in a city where a horse does not neigh nor a dog bark. English Proverb

Moving slowly across the profile of the ocean-like horizon, uttering a shrill, barking neigh, of which its name forms a correct imitation, long files of quaggas continually remind the early traveller of a rival caravan on its march. Source: Internet

In addition to his parents, Jim was preceded in death by his sisters, Laura Bliss, Gladys Buffum, Mildred Graves and Barbara Moravec "Turk"; and his brothers, Stanley Neigh and Virgil Neigh. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

neife Neifert Neiger neighba neighbor neighbor to the north