| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  n |
| NOUN: | The long, high-pitched sound made by a horse. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: neighed, neigh·ing, neighs
To utter the characteristic sound of a horse; whinny. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English neighen, to neigh, from Old English hn gan, probably of imitative origin.
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