whicker

See also: Whicker

English edit

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪkə/
(General American) enPR: (h)wĭkʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)wɪkɚ/
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Homophone: wicker (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Hyphenation: whick‧er

Noun edit

whicker (plural whickers)

The soft neigh made by a horse.

Verb edit

whicker (third-person singular simple present whickers, present participle whickering, simple past and past participle whickered)

Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny.

Translations edit

to neigh softly

Bulgarian: цвиля леко (cvilja leko)
Polish: rżeć (pl)
Russian: тихо ржать
Spanish: relinchito m