Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Neigh (-ing, -s)
neigh (-ing, -s), v. [OE hnœgan.]
- Click; clack; cluck; tick; rattle; [fig.] strike the hours; sound the minutes.
- Whinny; utter sounds like the voice of a horse; [fig.] shriek; hiss; squeal; [metaphor] brake with a screeching sound.
- Nag; demand incessantly; call insistently.
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