Horn - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |hɔːrn|  American pronunciation of the word horn
Brit.  |hɔːn|  British pronunciation of the word horn

noun

- a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning
- a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
- a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves (syn: cornet, trump, trumpet)
- any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
- the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
- a device having the shape of a horn
horns at the ends of a new moon
the horn of an anvil
the cleat had two horns
- an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
- a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise (syn: hooter)

verb

- stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (syn: tusk)
the rhino horned the explorer

Extra examples

...musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns...

Julian was almost pathologically jealous of her, fearing the final indignity of horns.

You horned me off to get a chance to get gaming witnesses out of the way.

The driver gave a long blast on his horn.

...although he's not the first person to blow his own horn, he's about the most obnoxious blower I've ever met...

...navigation is notoriously difficult at the southernmost tip of South America, where ships must round the headland of Cape Horn...

Why did you beep your horn at her?

The horn boomed out all night to warn the ships of the dangerous mist.

Nobody asked you to horn in on our conversation.

The horn below sounded the recall.

A motor horn sounded off behind me and scared me silly.

Leave me here, and when you want me, sound upon the bugle horn.

A truck went by and blew its horn at her.

Sound your horn to warn other drivers.

The taxi driver was angrily tooting his horn.

Phrasal verbs

horn in  — search or inquire in a meddlesome way

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: horn
he/she/it: horns
present participle: horning
past tense: horned
past participle: horned
noun
singular: horn
plural: horns
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