whinny
- n the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- v make a characteristic sound, of a horse
- Lemuel Gulliver, a great traveler, once came upon a nation of horses called Houyhnhnms (pronounced, with a whinny, who-in-ums), who were gifted with sound reason and a noble spirit .
- When it was all over, the pockets of Cleveland Promoters Cliff and Phil Henderson were again lined, only one flier had been killed, and the whinny of ships racing against .
- More sophisticated listeners preferred the grotesque beauty of the West African red river hog's grunt, the resonant, whuffing snort of the white-tailed gnu, the whistling whinny .