Horn Car Noun Bre Hɔːn Hɔːrn Hunting Concerto

• a hunting horn
• a horn concerto
• to honk your car horn
• to sound/toot your horn

horn

1. a hard pointed part that grows, usually in pairs, on the heads of some animals, such as sheep and cows. Horns are often curved.
2. the hard substance of which animal horns are made
3. a simple musical instrument that consists of a curved metal tube that you blow into
• a hunting horn
• = French horn
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/french-horn
• a horn concerto
4. a device in a vehicle for making a loud sound as a warning or signal
• see also foghorn
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/foghorn
• to honk your car horn
• to sound/toot your horn
• Behind him, a horn blared.
• = blow your own trumpet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blow_1
5. to start being more careful in your behaviour, especially by spending less money than before
• Small businesses have had to pull their horns in during the recession.
6. to get involved in an argument or a disagreement with somebody
• The company has locked horns with the unions over proposed pay cuts.
7. in a situation in which you have to make a choice between things that are equally unpleasant
• The medical profession’s eagerness for scientific advance had impaled it on the horns of a dilemma, forcing an unnatural choice between science and morality.
8. to face a difficult or dangerous situation directly and with courage
• Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organize things for herself.

Extra Examples

• He gave a furious blast on his horn.
• Impatient horn blasts began to sound behind him.
• Passing motorists honked their horns.
• a large bull with curved horns
• ornaments made of rhino horn
• She flashed her lights and honked her horn at the car in front.

Word Origin

• Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoorn and German Horn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cornu and Greek keras.