whinny
verb (used without object)
to utter the characteristic cry of a horse; neigh.
whinnying
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present participleof whinny.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The overall sound is highly dramatic, with massed voices, quaking beats, horses whinnying in the distance, and percussion that evokes the threat of a rattlesnake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Their baying and whinnying was interrupted every few minutes Saturday night by the piercing roar of engines from a car race on the other side of the fairgrounds.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
He and I talked for hours, until his horse was whinnying with impatience and kicking the slats of the trailer.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018
The forecast was calling for rain the next day, an element as necessary for all this — the flowering plant life, the whinnying animal life — as is the sun.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2018
Yossarian flew up toward the ceiling with a whinnying cry, then jumped completely around on his knees, white as a sheet and quivering with rage.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
