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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: From the sound

whinny

 verb
     
Related topics: Colours and Sounds, Animals
whin‧ny past tense and past participle whinnied, present participle whinnying, third person singular whinnies [intransitive]
HBAC if a horse whinnies, it makes a high sound
—whinny noun [countable]
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