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whicker
[hwik-er, wik-]
verb (used without object)
to whinny; neigh.
noun
a whinny; neigh.
whicker
/ ˈwɪkə /
verb
(intr) (of a horse) to whinny or neigh; nicker
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of whicker1
C17: of imitative origin
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Example Sentences
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Islimach’s eyes were round with terror; she whickered and struck out at him.
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Horses whickered; there came the shouts of men and the clank of weapons.
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He stroked Lixxa’s long white ears and she whickered, and he murmured sweet things to her before continuing, “I am riding over the funeral pyre of the ijji with the Godslayer. Whose secretary I am.”
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Through the wooden staves he heard men shouting, and once a horse whickered nearby.
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Lee ducked his head as the shot whickered over him.
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