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Noun: horn horn- 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)
- saddle horn - A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- cornet, trumpet, trump - 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 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
- French horn - A device on an automobile for making a warning noise
- automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, hooter Verb: horn horn- Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
"the rhino horned the explorer" - tusk
Derived forms: horned, horns, horning See also: horny Type of: alarm, alarm system, alarum, alert, animal material, appendage, brass, brass instrument, device, noisemaker, outgrowth, pierce, pommel, process, saddlebow, thrust, warning device, warning signal Part of: auto, automobile, bull, caprine animal, car, goat, machine, motorcar, ram, stock saddle, tup [Brit], Western saddle Encyclopedia: Horn, Germany Horn, Gyula Horn Horn, Austria Horn, Rutland Horn, Switzerland Horn, Netherlands Horn, Rebecca |