Whicker (Verb)
Meaning
Make a characteristic sound, of a horse.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- Horses are known to whicker anxiously when they sense their owners are about to leave the barn.
- As she walked into her stall, the excited mare began to whicker eagerly in anticipation of food.
- When visiting the stables, it's common to hear the gentle whicker of the Arabian horses in the background.
- The owner tried to calm the skittish foal as it let out a distressed whicker at the sudden loud noise.
- Upon hearing the sound of the grain bucket, the chestnut mare would loudly whicker from the top of her stall.