Synonym: French horn, automobile horn, car horn, cornet, hooter, motor horn, saddle horn, trump, trumpet, tusk. Similar words: suborn, scorn, born of, morning, attorney, short, around the corner, shorts. Meaning: [hɔrn /hɔːn] n. 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. a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather) 5. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves 6. any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of 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 10. a device on an automobile for making a warning noise. v. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.
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(91) Down in the drive some one was sounding a car horn.
(92) I tooted Armstrong's horn as I passed him, but he didn't wave.
(93) She comes every morning and toots the horn and carries the stuff for us.
(94) Woolley released three loud chords, and started on a ponderous version of the Sailors' Horn pipe.
(95) The driver banged on his horn but Gregson drove on at speed, unconcerned by the accident he'd almost caused. Sentencedict.com
(96) As she turned uphill, a dark-red Daimler slid by, and blew its horn at her.
(97) What will happen. they ask, when the first defective test-tube baby is horn?
(98) I didn't blow the horn, but I was cussing that driver for about a mile.
(99) Among the tortoises and turtles, the overlapping scales have been replaced by a large, thick armoured box of horn.
(100) Even the horn was of a much lighter colour than usual, although it had been gilded with silver.
(101) Notable among these are ivory, shells, rhinoceros horn, coral, amber and jet.
(102) You do not become smarter by blowing your own horn. You become smarter by being humble. Dr T.P.Chia
(103) Dilip drove off honking his horn and threatening to run down those who were slow to get out of his way.
(104) The fog horn started booming, a deep, thrilling vibration that Madame Astarti could feel resonate in her bones.
(105) So they just leaned on the horn all the way down the hill into town.
(106) He beeped the horn.
(107) There is no doubt that the owner of the horn must have been a person of considerable importance in his time.
(108) Ervin is likewise considered a world-class horn player in constant demand.
(109) We had one called Stumpy, a Dales short horn, light roan in colour, which we reared from a calf.
(110) But Horn had the sound, the remarkable ability to create epic spaces in ordinary songs.
(111) He contrasted sharply with the acceptance horn, exemplified by career policemen.
(112) Borland has plenty of reason to blow his own horn - his company has just shown record profits.
(113) Instead, you will see what there is to learn horn them-and then see right through them.
(114) It was the sort of afternoon when every car in the city seemed to be having trouble with its horn.
(115) Particularly impressive is the horn section on the penultimate track, 'Just Jivin' Around'.
(116) I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. Steven Wright
(117) As he pulled out, the blast of a horn howled behind him and a juggernaut's air brakes oozed violently.
(118) As in the stuff they make big band horn sections out of.
(119) Miki, the actor, has his trademark bicycle horn that he toots at the appropriate moments.
(120) And please, do not dramatise the drought in the Horn.