any of the usu paired bony projecting parts on the head of cattle, giraffes, deer, and similar hoofed mammals and some extinct mammals and reptiles
a permanent solid pointed part consisting of keratin that is attached to the nasal bone of a rhinoceros
a natural projection from an animal, e.g. a snail or owl, resembling or suggestive of a horn
archaic (in pl) in ribald imagery, a pair of horns traditionally believed to grow from the head of a cuckold
There will the devil meet me like an old cuckold with horns on his head — Shakespeare
the tough fibrous material consisting chiefly of keratin that covers or forms the horns and hooves of cattle and related animals, or other hard parts, e.g. claws or nails
something shaped like a horn, e.g. either of the curved ends of a crescent
a hollow horn used as a container
a powder horn
something resembling or suggestive of a horn, e.g.:
either of the curved ends of a crescent
a horn-shaped body of land or water
an animal's horn used as a wind instrument
= hunting horn
= French horn
a wind instrument used in a jazz band; esp a trumpet
a device, e.g. on a motor car, for making loud warning noises
a fog horn
Brit, coarse slang an erect penis
to reduce one's activities or spending
NAmer, informal on the telephone
faced with two equally undesirable alternatives
NAmer, informal to sing one's own praises; to blow one's own trumpet