Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to neigh softly:

Meaning

3 senses

  1. To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

    ржа́тьržátʹ

    make a characteristic sound, of a horse

  2. To produce a snigger or suppressed laugh.

  3. (UK, informal)To snatch or steal.

Origin

Imitative; from 1774. From nick + -er.

Imitative; from 1774.

From nick + -er.

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Forms

nickers, nickering, nickered, nickered

regular · Lesson

Base formnicker · to nicker
3rd person singularnickers
Present participlenickering
Past simplenickered
Past participlenickered

Tenses

nicker · nickered · will nicker · have nickered

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynicker
he, she, itnickers

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nickered
he, she, ithas nickered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nicker

Past simpleLesson

all personsnickered

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nicknickelnicknameB1nicotinenieceB1

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