whinny

UK: /ˈwɪnɪ/ US: /ˈhwɪni, ˈwɪni/ ,(hwin′ē, win′ē)

Inflections of 'whinny' (n): npl: whinnies

Inflections of 'whinny' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

whinnies

v 3rd person singular

whinnying

v pres p

whinnied

v past

whinnied

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

whin•ny /ˈhwɪni, ˈwɪni/   n., pl. -nies, v., -nied, -ny•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. Animal Behavior a low, somewhat quiet and gentle neigh of a horse.

v. [no object]

2. Animal Behavior to utter a whinny.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

whin•ny  (hwin′ē, win′ē), v., -nied, -ny•ing, n., pl. -nies. 
v.i. 

1. Animal Behavior to utter the characteristic cry of a horse;
   neigh.

v.t. 

2. to express by whinnying.

n. 

3. a whinnying sound.

• 1520–30; imitative; compare earlier whrinny, Latin hinnīre

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

whinny / ˈwɪnɪ/ verb ( -nies, -nying, -nied)(intransitive)

1. (of a horse) to neigh softly or gently
2. to make a sound resembling a neigh, such as a laugh

noun ( -nies)

1. a gentle or low-pitched neigh

Etymology: 16th Century: of imitative origin