whicker

/ˈwɪkə/

verbC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechneutral

To whicker is to make a soft neighing sound. The horse whickered at the gate.

It is the quiet greeting sound rather than any alarm, which is what separates it from a neigh. A horse will whicker at somebody it knows and at nobody else.

Definitions of whicker

1verbwhickerTo make a soft neighing sound.C2
“The mare would whicker whenever she heard the bucket.”

whicker is a sound.

Also accepted in games: whinny

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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