horn

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

horns

1.
(countable)(countable, zootomy) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
3.
(countable, uncountable)An antler.
4.
(uncountable)The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
an umbrella with a handle made of horn
Đồng nghĩa: keratin
5.
(countable, uncountable)A vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc.
6.
An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil.
7.
(countable)Any of several musical wind instruments.
8.
(countable)(countable, music) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
hunting horn
9.
(countable)(countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
Đồng nghĩa: hooter, klaxon
10.
(countable, uncountable)(chiefly sports) A sound signaling the expiration of time.
The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.
11.
(countable)A conical device used to direct waves.
antenna horn
loudspeaker horn
Đồng nghĩa: funnel
12.
(countable, informal)(informal, music, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.

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verb

V_es/s

horns

V_ing/Gerund

horning

V_ed/pp

horned

1.
(transitive)(transitive, of an animal) To assault with the horns.
2.
(transitive)To furnish with horns.
3.
(obsolete, slang, transitive)To cuckold.
4.
(India, Singapore, intransitive)To sound the horn of a motor vehicle; to honk.
, His Precious Gem He horned five times but the man didn't moved his car away.

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Đồng nghĩa

keratin hooter klaxon funnel blowerdog and bonephone bonerhard-onstiffypeninsulablower (UK)dog and bone (Cockney rhyming slang)boner (US)

Cùng gốc / liên quan

acoustic hornram's hornstag's hornair horn,airhornhorn poppyhorn ballAlpine hornhorn fairmeringue hornalto hornAmalthea's hornbulb hornclown hornAmmon's hornaround the hornknot-hornbaritone hornbasset hornbass hornbastard horn snake

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną. Compare hoarn, hoorn, Hoorn, horn, Horn, and horn, 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽.