as in whinny
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Recent Examples of neigh
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The band joked about adding a neighing horse to the intro, and Rimes quickly inserted that sound from his plug-in collection.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024
Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey.
—Okwiri Oduor, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022
No such juvenilia intrudes upon the rather more adult-ish proceedings of the new film The Wanting Mare, in which horses neigh and stamp at the margins of a bleak, majestic world.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021
Horse trailers lined up in rows in Island Grove Regional Park, their passengers neighing indiscriminately.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019
Goats and sheep staying in the barn bleated, and horses neighed as the crowd of people grew.
—David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 23 July 2019
There in the the headquarters of Togo’s secret police — the notorious Research and Intelligence Service — the captives were beaten, waterboarded and forced to kneel and neigh like horses.
—Siobhan O'Grady, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
Across the barn, another horse was getting new shoes and neighed.
—Jason Nark, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
Verb
Across from them in their usual stalls stood the eight neighing horses.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The band joked about adding a neighing horse to the intro, and Rimes quickly inserted that sound from his plug-in collection.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024
Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey.
—Okwiri Oduor, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022
No such juvenilia intrudes upon the rather more adult-ish proceedings of the new film The Wanting Mare, in which horses neigh and stamp at the margins of a bleak, majestic world.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021
Horse trailers lined up in rows in Island Grove Regional Park, their passengers neighing indiscriminately.
—John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019
Goats and sheep staying in the barn bleated, and horses neighed as the crowd of people grew.
—David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 23 July 2019
There in the the headquarters of Togo’s secret police — the notorious Research and Intelligence Service — the captives were beaten, waterboarded and forced to kneel and neigh like horses.
—Siobhan O'Grady, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
Across the barn, another horse was getting new shoes and neighed.
—Jason Nark, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neigh
Verb
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The downy woodpecker also whinnies like a miniature horse throughout the breeding season.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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That doesn’t include food for the horses, who start whinnying.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
22 Mar. 2024
Verb
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The soldiers muttered encouragement; their horses nickered.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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Waffles, patient and unbothered as onlookers walked around and stopped to gaze, nickered as another horse on the other side of the massive stalls whinnied.—
James Hartley,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Jan. 2024
Noun
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As the needle creeps higher, the Aston Martin relaxes into its comfort zone and the exhaust sounds open up with a throaty roar.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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But roars rang out for the police officers who tried to protect the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and their unyielding assessments of Trump and his pardon of 1,500 supporters who breached the seat of Congress, including many who violently attacked law enforcement.—
Bill Barrow,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Plant extracts like cypress leaf and skullcap help control oil production to stave off future congestion, while a blend of clarifying willow bark extract and salicylic acid helps break down dead skin cells within the pore to leave them looking clearer, tighter, and smaller.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
12 Mar. 2025
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But the publication offers another explanation for the name: in the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver documented that some Native American tribes used it to mark the appearance of beetle larvae from thawing tree bark.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.—
David Lauter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Her squeals and giggles echoed across the playground while other kids played soccer or spun on a tire swing.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
4 Mar. 2025
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The sleepless nights will end, but so too will the times Evan squeals at a game of peekaboo, or spends an entire swim class gazing up at me in awe.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Mice typically produce pulses of ultrasonic squeaks that resemble syllables in human language.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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But dolphins have complex dialects in the form of crackles, squeaks and whistles.—
Leticia Fanucchi,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Male turkeys gobble and strut, puffing out their feathers, to impress hens, who yelp and cluck in response.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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For me, the Caribbean is the cluck of a rooster during sunrise, a coconut from a roadside truck to quell the afternoon heat.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Neigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neigh. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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