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- noun Plural form of
whicker . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
whicker .
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Examples
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Straight on at the approaching black Knight, the Blue Knight of Balifor spurs his horse, and for a moment the big animal under him shies and whickers, sensing perhaps some unexpected turn in the contest.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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Outside a horse whickers in the stable, and the night gives way to the call of owls and the slow whirring of crickets.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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Some guys look dumb without whickers, but put a mustache on them and bang! they look intelligent, distinguished, or even adult.
some can and some can't : Mustache! shipping troll 2009
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Some guys look dumb without whickers, but put a mustache on them and bang! they look intelligent, distinguished, or even adult.
Archive 2009-04-01 shipping troll 2009
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Jamie wasn't visible, but I knew he was there; there was a subtle shift and mill of movement among the horses, with faint whickers or snorts, that told me someone familiar was among them.
The Fiery Cross Gabaldon, Diana 2001
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Dorrin ties Meriwhen to the fence, and the mare whickers softly, lifting her feet as if to protest the chill of the frozen snow underneath.
The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994
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Meriwhen whickers as he mounts, and he pats her neck.
The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994
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After a moment and another protest, the stallion whickers, and Dorrin eases the hay into the open manger.
The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994
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LXVI WHEN THE COLD air strikes Meriwhen like a whip, the mare whickers and sidesteps.
The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994
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After the pain subsides to hammers banging through his skull, he checks the wagon, but Liedral still moans in her sleep, and Meriwhen whickers when he touches her neck.
The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994
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