Emily Dickinson Lexicon

neigh (-ing, -s), v. [OE hnœgan.]

1. Click; clack; cluck; tick; rattle; [fig.] strike the hours; sound the minutes.
2. Whinny; utter sounds like the voice of a horse; [fig.] shriek; hiss; squeal; [metaphor] brake with a screeching sound.
3. Nag; demand incessantly; call insistently.