Horn - Definition

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) [syn: horn, saddle horn]
5: 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, horn, trumpet, trump]
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: 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"
9: an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
10: a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that
is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves [syn:
French horn, horn]
11: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise [syn:
automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn,
hooter]
v 1: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the
explorer" [syn: horn, tusk]