whicker

American

[hwik-er, wik-] / ˈʰwɪk ər, ˈwɪk- /

verb (used without object)

to whinny; neigh.

noun

a whinny; neigh.

whicker British

/ ˈwɪkə /

verb

(intr) (of a horse) to whinny or neigh; nicker

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Etymology

Origin of whicker

1650–60; whick- (compare Old English hwicung squeaking, said of mice) + -er ⁶; akin to German wiehern to neigh

Example Sentences

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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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A horse whickered in his stall when Tyrion let the door slam shut.

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Old Bess and Jack ran along the inside of the fence, whickering at the new horses.

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The old knight looked at her son with a faint flicker of amusement in his watery grey eyes, though his gelding whickered uneasily and sidled away from the direwolf.

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