Horn

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NOUN

a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning

a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone

any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn

the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

a device having the shape of a horn

an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

VERB

stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

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