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Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : hwin-ee, win-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwɪn i, ˈwɪn i

Definition of whinny

Origin : 1520s, probably related to whine and ultimately imitative (cf. Latin hinnire).

As in cry : noun calling out; yelling
As in cry : verb call out, yell

Example sentences :

Out in the stable the horse repeated its former challenging 237 whinny.
Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

From the far distance she thought she heard the beginning of a whinny in reply.
Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick

It was pitiful to hear him whinny as he smelt the water in the distance, and not to be able to get him any.
Extract from : « For Fortune and Glory » by Lewis Hough

The room was dark and he listened on the sill, if he might hear him whinny.
Extract from : « Chimney-Pot Papers » by Charles S. Brooks

Page 8, changed "midnigh" to "midnight" and "whinney" to "whinny."
Extract from : « White Dandy; or, Master and I » by Velma Caldwell Melville

A whinny of impatience was heard from the horse waiting outside.
Extract from : « Captain Ravenshaw » by Robert Neilson Stephens

At that moment, a new sound broke the stillness, the whinny of a horse.
Extract from : « Langford of the Three Bars » by Kate Boyles

Old Greylegs seemed glad of the sight; he gave a whinny and snorted.
Extract from : « Jim Davis » by John Masefield

A whinny from a horse told me that somewhere near his beast was tied up.
Extract from : « Prester John » by John Buchan

Jenny mule would stand for hours every night and whinny for him.
Extract from : « The Conquest » by Oscar Micheaux

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