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neighed

neighed is the simple past and past participle of neigh.

Meaning of neigh

Verb

neigh (third-person singular simple present neighs, present participle neighing, simple past and past participle neighed)

  1. To make its cry.
    • For hovv […] ſhall I knovv thee to be a man, vvhen thou kickeſt like an aſſe, neygheſt like an Horſe after vvomen, raueſt in luſt like a Bull, raueneſt like a Beare, ſtingeſt like a Scorpion, rakeſt like a VVolfe, as ſuttle as a Foxe, as impudent as a Dogge; ſhall I ſay thou art man that haſt all...1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Democritus Iunior to the Reader”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps...
  2. To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
  3. (obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
    • Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […]c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i

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Words that rhyme with neighed

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Questions about neighed

What is neighed the simple past and past participle of?
Neighed is the simple past and past participle of neigh.

Words near neighed in the dictionary

  1. neighbourly
  2. Neighbourne
  3. neighbours
  4. neighbourship
  5. neighbourships
  6. neighed
  7. neigher
  8. neighers
  9. neighing
  10. neighings
  11. neighs

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