horn in Malayalam മലയാളം
horn in Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
horn in Sindhi سنڌي
horn in Telugu తెలుగు
horn in English
- horn⇄adj. hornlike.
- horn⇄adj. made of horn.
- horn⇄expr. blow one's own horn, to boast.
Ex. Three minutes is more than enough time to blow one's own horn (New Yorker). - horn⇄expr. draw (or pull) in one's horns,
a. to restrain oneself.
Ex. So I began to pull in my horns, as they say (Samuel Richardson).
b. to back down; withdraw.
Ex. They are imploring the Council to draw in its horns (Saturday Revie - horn⇄expr. horn in, (U.S. Slang.) to meddle or intrude.
Ex. Tickets for the Notre Dame-Oklahoma football game were sold out as far back as last May, but that didn't keep numerous persons from making rather remarkable efforts to horn in on the show at Ok - horn⇄expr. horns of a dilemma,
a. two unpleasant choices, one of which must be taken.
Ex. The current situation finds those states on the horns of a dilemma. ... If they allow oil to flow unchecked, they say, they risk market chaos in the industr - horn⇄expr. lock horns, to engage in combat; quarrel; fight.
Ex. The engineer union ... has locked horns with the Curran men on ship contracts with other ship lines (New York Times). - horn⇄expr. the horn, (U.S. Slang.) the telephone.
Ex. This morning, I got on the horn to Secretary Finch, just on a hunch, and asked him (New Yorker). - horn⇄horn, noun, adjective, verb.
- horn⇄noun 1. a hard, hollow growth, usually curved and pointed and in pairs, on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, and some other animals. The horns of these animals are permanent.
2. one of a pair of solid, branching growths on the head of a deer, elk - horn⇄v.t. 1. to hit or wound with horns; gore.
2. to furnish with horns.
3. to make hornshaped.
4. (Obsolete.) to cuckold.