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Definition of "hinnying" []

  • Present participle of hinny. (verb)

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Use "hinnying" in a sentence
  • "Sounds suggestive of the carrying upstairs of luggage followed, and a hinnying laugh echoed once down the stairs."
  • "Their poor horses, like themselves, suffered both from thirst and hunger; and the mule Jeanette occasionally uttered a wild hinnying that was painful to hear."
  • "This exclamation was hardly uttered, when the mule Jeanette, hitherto lagging behind, sprang forward in a gallop, hinnying loudly as she ran."