Definition of "neigh"

neigh

/neɪ/

noun
plural neighs
1. The cry of a horse.
verb
third-person singular simple present neighs, present participle neighing, simple past and past participle neighed
1. (of a horse) To make its cry.
  Quotations
  "I went into the stable first to see to the horse, and found him neighing and waiting for his hay, so I went up into the hay-loft for an armful[.]"
  1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 33
2. To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
3. (obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
  Quotations
  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; […]
  c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, Act IV, scene i