neigh
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neigh
- /neɪ̯/ Canada, US, UK
- /næɪ̯/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ne/ Scotland
- /neː/ India
- /nɛj/ India
- /neː(j)/ India
Sounds like nay, nee, Neagh (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English neyen, from Old English hnǣġan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja.
noun neighs
- The cry of a horse.
verb neighs · neighing · neighed
- To make its cry. For hovv […] ſhall I knovv thee to be a man, vvhen thou kickeſt like an aſſe, neygheſt like an Horſe after vvomen, raueſt in luſt like a Bull, raueneſt like a Beare, ſtingeſt like a Scorpion, rakeſt like a VVolfe, as ſuttle as a Foxe, as impudent as a Dogge; ſhall I ſay thou art man that haſt all th
- To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
- To scoff or sneer. Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […]
