neighed; neighing; neighs
: to make the prolonged cry of a horse
neigh noun
Examples of neigh in a Sentence
We heard the horses neighing in the stable. the horses neighed when the rider came into the barn
Recent Examples on the Web
Now the unicorn is back, cutely neighing, its mouth as open as Laura’s is closed. —
Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 As such, the distinct sound that people hear when a horse neighs or whinnies is likely the animal relaying various independent messages or emotions at once, the study says. —Kate Perez, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026 Across from them in their usual stalls stood the eight neighing horses. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025 The band joked about adding a neighing horse to the intro, and Rimes quickly inserted that sound from his plug-in collection. —Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024 Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey. —Okwiri Oduor, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022 No such juvenilia intrudes upon the rather more adult-ish proceedings of the new film The Wanting Mare, in which horses neigh and stamp at the margins of a bleak, majestic world. —Jason Kehe, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021 Horse trailers lined up in rows in Island Grove Regional Park, their passengers neighing indiscriminately. —John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019 Goats and sheep staying in the barn bleated, and horses neighed as the crowd of people grew. —David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 23 July 2019
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 As such, the distinct sound that people hear when a horse neighs or whinnies is likely the animal relaying various independent messages or emotions at once, the study says. —Kate Perez, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026 Across from them in their usual stalls stood the eight neighing horses. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025 The band joked about adding a neighing horse to the intro, and Rimes quickly inserted that sound from his plug-in collection. —Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024 Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey. —Okwiri Oduor, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022 No such juvenilia intrudes upon the rather more adult-ish proceedings of the new film The Wanting Mare, in which horses neigh and stamp at the margins of a bleak, majestic world. —Jason Kehe, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021 Horse trailers lined up in rows in Island Grove Regional Park, their passengers neighing indiscriminately. —John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019 Goats and sheep staying in the barn bleated, and horses neighed as the crowd of people grew. —David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 23 July 2019
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“Neigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/neigh. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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