horn

n 1: a device (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 saddle

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}, {trumpet}]

6: any outgrowth from the head of an organism that resembles a

horn

7: the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of

ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

8: a 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

[syn: {French horn}]

10: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise [syn: {automobile

horn}, {car horn}, {motor horn}]

v : stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; of animals [syn: {tusk}]