neigh

[ney] /neɪ/
verb (used without object)
1.
to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
noun
2.
the cry of a horse; whinny.
Origin
before 1000; Middle English ney(gh)en, Old English hnǣgan, cognate with Middle Dutch neyen, Old Saxon hnēgian, Middle High German nēgen, Old High German hneigen, Old Norse hneggja; akin to Old Saxon hnechian; Middle Dutch nighen, Middle Low German nigen, Middle High German nyhen; and, with intrusion in the initial, Old Norse gneggja, Norwegian kneggja. See nag2
Examples from the web for neigh
  • Thus as they rode they heard by them a great horse grimly neigh.
  • He did find him, after long search, for he had the good fortune to hear him neigh.
  • Next they began to neigh, to curvet, to scamper on all sides over the plain.
British Dictionary definitions for neigh

neigh

/neɪ/
noun
1.
the high-pitched cry of a horse; whinny
verb
2.
(intransitive) to make a neigh or a similar noise
3.
(transitive) to utter with a sound like a neigh
Word Origin
Old English hnǣgan; related to Old Saxon hnēgian
Word Origin and History for neigh
v.

Old English hnægan "to neigh," probably of imitative origin (cf. Old Norse gneggja, Middle High German negen, French hennir, Japanese inanaki). Related: Neighed; neighing. As a noun from 1510s.