whicker - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
whicker (plural whickers)
- The soft neigh made by a horse.
Verb
whicker (third-person singular simple present whickers, present participle whickering, simple past and past participle whickered)
- Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny.
Pronunciation
- (non-rhotic)
- (Received Pronunciation)
- (wine–whine merger) IPA: /ˈwɪkə/, [ˈwɪkə]
- (without the wine–whine merger) IPA: /ˈʍɪkə/, [ˈʍɪkə]
- (rhotic)
- (General American)
- (wine–whine merger) IPA: /ˈwɪkɚ/, [ˈwɪkɚ] ~ [ˈwɪkɹ̩]
- (without the wine–whine merger) IPA: /ˈʍɪkɚ/, [ˈʍɪkɚ] ~ [ˈʍɪkɹ̩]
- Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: whick‧er
- Homophones: wicker (wine–whine merger), Wicca (wine–whine merger, non-rhotic)
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