nickering

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noun

The sound of a horse that nickers.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of nicker
nounnickering (plural nickerings)

plural nickerings

  1. The sound of a horse that nickers.

    Their tender little nickerings would have moved a heart of stone.

    1956, Mariano Azuela, Two Novels of Mexico: The Flies. The Bosses, page 67
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nickering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nickering.

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