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horn

UK/hɔːn/ US/hɔɹn/ common informal slang
noun (10) verb (1)

noun

1.

a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

2.

one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

3.

a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;

4.
5.

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

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6.

any outgrowth from the head of an organism that resembles a horn

7.

the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

8.

an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

9.

a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

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verb

1.

stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

  • “the rhino horned the explorer”
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Origin

From Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną.

Phrases

  • acoustic horn
  • air horn
  • Alpine horn
  • alto horn
  • Amalthea's horn
  • Ammon's horn
  • around the horn
  • baritone horn

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