whicker

whicker
/hwik"euhr, wik"-/, Chiefly New Eng. and South Atlantic States.
v.i.
1. to whinny; neigh.
n.
2. a whinny; neigh.
[1650-60; whick- (cf. OE hwicung squeaking, said of mice) + -ER6; akin to G wiehern to neigh]

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