noun, plural hin·nies.
- the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey.Compare mule1(defs 1, 2).
noun plural -nies
- the sterile hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or assCompare mule 1 (def. 1)
verb -nies, -nying or -nied
- a less common word for whinny
noun
- Scot and Northern English dialect a term of endearment, esp for a woman or child
“offspring of a stallion and a she-ass,” 1680s, from Latin hinnus, from Greek innos, ginnos, of unknown origin.
“to neigh,” c.1400, of imitative origin.