Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

neigh

Pronunciation: /neɪ/

Translate neigh | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of neigh

noun

  • a characteristic high whinnying sound made by a horse.

verb

[no object]
  • (of a horse) utter a neigh: he neighed several times in a very gentle way (as noun neighing)the neighing of horses
  • (of a person) make a sound similar to a neigh, especially when laughing:they neighed dutifully at jokes they did not understand

Origin:

Old English hnǣgan (verb), of imitative origin; compare with Dutch dialect neijen

neigh in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of neigh in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

offing

/ ˈɒfɪŋ /
noun
the more distant part of the sea in view …