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Dictionary definition for: Horn
1. (n) a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
2. (v) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"
3. (n) one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
4. (n) a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;
5. (n) a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
6. (n) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
7. (n) any outgrowth from the head of an organism that resembles a horn
8. (n) the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
9. (n) an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
10. (n) a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
11. (n) a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
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