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whicker

[ hwik-er, wik- ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to whinny; neigh.


noun

  1. a whinny; neigh.

whicker

/ ˈɪə /

verb

  1. intr (of a horse) to whinny or neigh; nicker
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whicker1

1650–60; whick- (compare Old English hwicung squeaking, said of mice) + -er 6; akin to German wiehern to neigh
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whicker1

C17: of imitative origin
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Islimach’s eyes were round with terror; she whickered and struck out at him.

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Horses whickered; there came the shouts of men and the clank of weapons.

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He stroked Lixxa’s long white ears and she whickered, and he murmured sweet things to her before continuing, “I am riding over the funeral pyre of the ijji with the Godslayer. Whose secretary I am.”

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Through the wooden staves he heard men shouting, and once a horse whickered nearby.

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Lee ducked his head as the shot whickered over him.

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