Contextualizebeta

hinny

noun
/ˈhɪ.ni/

Etymology

From Latin hinnus, from Ancient Greek ἴννος (ínnos), γίννος (gínnos). Possibly cognate with hinnire (“to whinny”).

  1. derived from ἴννος

Definitions

  1. The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).

    • The curer said nothing to the cowboy but went straight to the mule, or hinny, rather, being out of San's big jenny by Alder's white horse.

  2. To whinny

  3. A term of endearment usually for women.

    • Open the door, my hinny, my heart, / Open the door, my own darling; / Mind you the words that you and I spoke, / Down in the meadow, at the World’s End Well.
    • `You will make a great diagnostician, nae doot, my hinny, but you need tae improve your bedside manner.'
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The ship of characters Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley of the Harry Potter series.

      • Below are two images of fan art which represents the Hinny ship.
      • On the other hand, one of the ships I hate is Hinny, a.k.a. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.
      • And that's my not at all biased take on why Hinny are the perfect couple.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hinny. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA