whinny
verb (used without object)
to utter the characteristic cry of a horse; neigh.
are whinnying
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present progressiveof whinny.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Seems to me the case is just this: here you are, a young blooded colt, not broken to either saddle or thills—here you are whinnying around a market where they want nothing but dray-hosses.
From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
And for that—you ninny—you are whinnying scornfully at Scotland!
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
