nicker
Soft equine sound
A nicker is the soft, low whinny a horse makes—a gentle vocalization of greeting or anticipation: The mare nickered when she saw the feed bucket.
As a verb, to nicker is to make this sound.
In British slang, a nicker is a pound sterling, usually in the plural: That'll cost you fifty nickers.
whinny
Soft equine call
stallion · mare · foal · colt · filly · pony · gelding · thoroughbred · stable · paddock
snicker
Stifled, scornful laugh
suppressed · stifled · muffled · snigger · smirk · derisive · mocking · scornful · sly · quiet
- horseshorse, mare, mares, stallion, stallions
- animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
- Cockney slangapples and pears, boat race, mince pies, porky pies, rhyming slang
- mare-relatedmane, tail, hoof, hooves, foal