nickering

Verb (1)

nicker (third-person singular simple present nickers, present participle nickering, simple past and past participle nickered)

1. To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
   • Behind him, old Akthoob was grumbling loudly, saying something about the midday meal, and Haral, the black Feridoon pony, snuffing in the old, familiar scent of the green meadows of the Chaya's banks, the warm sweet smells of home, was nickering eagerly.1971, Lin Carter, The Quest of Kadji, Wildside Press, published 1999, page 187
2. To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.

Verb (2)

nicker (third-person singular simple present nickers, present participle nickering, simple past and past participle nickered)

1. (UK, informal) To snatch or steal.

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