Definition of Hinnying

1. Verb. (present participle of hinny) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hinnying

1. hinny [v] - See also: hinny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hinnying

hinging on
hinging post
hings
hink pink
hink pinks
hinkie pinkie
hinkie pinkies
hinkier
hinkiest
hinky
hinkypunk
hinkypunks
hinnied
hinnies
hinny
hinnying (current term)
hins
hinsdalite
hint
hinted
hintend
hintends
hinter
hinterland
hinterlander
hinterlanders
hinterlands
hintermost
hinters
hinting

Literary usage of Hinnying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"... the elk kept up a continual hinnying or squealing, being the commencement of the season hen they arc in heat. In the midst of the night, the canoe ruck ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"Along the sides, a number of horses, not seen, save when some one passes along with a torch, but heard munching their corn, hinnying, neighing, ..."

3. Jerusalem: The Topography, Economics and History from the Earliest Times to by George Adam Smith (1908)
"... From Dan a sound has been heard, The hinnying of his horses, With the noise of the neigh of his stallions The earth is ..."

4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Soon she hath caught that barded Roman steed, Which cometh, soft hinnying, to her lily hands ; As joying vail, to her, his lofty crest, And sue her gracious ..."

5. Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts by Frederick Victor Dickins (1906)
"... refers to the unwonted hinnying of the steeds as a proof of their almost human feeling of regret for their master. The envoy (omitting the difficult mk) ..."

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