different between neigh vs oink

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

Imitative of the sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Interjection

oink

1. Representing the sound made by a pig.
2. Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
   • 2003, Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America

     "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"

Translations

Noun

oink (plural oinks)

1. The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

   The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.

Synonyms

• grunt

Translations

Verb

oink (third-person singular simple present oinks, present participle oinking, simple past and past participle oinked)

1. (intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

   The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

Synonyms

• grunt

Translations

See also

• grunt
• squeal

Anagrams

• ikon, kino