hinny

plural hinnies · alternative hinney · alternative henny

1. The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).

   The curer said nothing to the cowboy but went straight to the mule, or hinny, rather, being out of San's big jenny by Alder's white horse.

   2001, Ursula K. Le Guin, “On the High Marsh”, in Tales from Earthsea

   Synonyms: fummel

present singular third person hinnies · participle present hinnying · participle past hinnied · past hinnied

1. To whinny

plural hinnies

1. GeordieA term of endearment usually for women.

   `You will make a great diagnostician, nae doot, my hinny, but you need tae improve your bedside manner.'

   2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 310

   1 more example

   Open the door, my hinny, my heart, / Open the door, my own darling; / Mind you the words that you and I spoke, / Down in the meadow, at the World’s End Well.

   1890, Joseph Jacobs, “The Well of the World’s End”, in English Fairy Tales, page 217

1. slanglifestyleThe ship of characters Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley of the Harry Potter series.

   Below are two images of fan art which represents the Hinny ship.

   2014, Zakia Jeewa, "Social Network Fandoms & Online Role-Playing: Harry Potter and The Vampire Diaries Fans on Twitter", thesis submitted to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, page 99

   2 more examples

   On the other hand, one of the ships I hate is Hinny, a.k.a. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.

   2015 February 13, Rebecca Fartharly, “What are your favourite fictional ships?”, in inQuire, University of Kent, page 10

   And that's my not at all biased take on why Hinny are the perfect couple.

   2017, Andrew, "Romance in HP: Hinny", HPReadathon, Issue 2, February 2017, page 2

   Synonyms: H/G