Home › Words › W › whinnywhinny/ˈwɪni/whinny · noun — A gentle neigh.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).whinny is pronounced /ˈwɪni/.EtymologyFrom Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).nounA gentle neigh.verbTo make a gentle neigh.e.g.“Cattle lowed here and there, and horses whinnied to be fed.” — 1904 May, Winston Churchill, The Crossing, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, book I (The Borderland), page 240:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.whinnying 96% match — A gentle neighing. vs whinny →whinnyingly 82% match — With a whinnying sound. vs whinny →whineling 71% match — Whiny; plaintive. vs whinny →nickering 66% match — The sound of a horse that nickers. vs whinny →whinily 66% match — In a whiny way. vs whinny →neighing 66% match — The sound made by a horse: an act or instance of the verb neigh. vs whinny →whimper 62% match — A low intermittent sob. vs whinny →neigher 61% match — One who neighs. vs whinny →