horn (n.)

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

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

    [ Syn: french horn ]

  3. a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

    [ Syn: automobile horn , car horn , motor horn , hooter ]

  4. one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

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

  6. a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

    [ Syn: saddle horn ]

  7. 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 , trumpet , trump ]

  8. any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn

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

  10. a device having the shape of a horn; horns at the ends of a new moon; the hornof an anvil; the cleat had two horns'

  11. an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

    horn (v.)

  1. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; the rhino horned the explorer

    [ Syn: tusk ]

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