Nicker

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To neigh softly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Pound sterling.
  • n. A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
  • v. To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
  • n. One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
  • n. The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
  • n. The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A demon of the water; a water-sprite; a nix or nixy.
  • n. One who or that which nicks.
  • n. One of a company of brawlers who in the early part of the eighteenth century roamed about London by night, amusing themselves with breaking people's windows.
  • n. A kind of marble for children's play.
  • To neigh.
  • To laugh with half-suppressed catches of the voice; snigger.
  • n. A neigh; also, a vulgar laugh.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the characteristic sounds made by a horse
  • v. make a characteristic sound, of a horse
  • Verb Form
    nickered    nickering    nickers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cry    emit    let out    let loose    utter   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sov    standard    slang    quid    qualifier    pound sterling    pound    whinny    neigh   
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