different between neigh vs gekker

English

Etymology

From Middle English neighen, from Old English hn??an, from Proto-Germanic *hnajj?n? (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?, IPA^(key): /ne?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophones: nay, nee, Neagh

Noun

neigh (plural neighs)

1. The cry of a horse.

Translations

Verb

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

1. (of a horse) To make its cry.
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; […]

Translations

See also

• whinny
• nicker

Anagrams

• ehing, hinge

English

Etymology

Coined by Scottish zoologist and conservationist David Macdonald in the 1970s, who said in 2014 of gekkering: "I believe it comes from the German word gekkern, and I adapted it, and is probably onomatopoeic".

Verb

gekker (third-person singular simple present gekkers, present participle gekkering, simple past and past participle gekkered)

1. To make a series of stuttering throaty vocalizations in the manner of foxes when encountering a rival.

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