horn
/hɔɹn/ verb C2- Of an animal, to assault with the horns.
- To furnish with horns.
- To sound the horn of a motor vehicle; to honk. · , His Precious Gem He horned five times but the man didn't moved his car away.
He/she/it horns · Past horned · Past participle horned · -ing form horning
Verb forms
- Base form
- horn
- He/she/it
- horns
- Past
- horned
- Past participle
- horned
- -ing form
- horning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons.
At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master.
The Goat replied, “Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent.”
The Serpent, irritated at the escape of his prey, injected his poison into the drinking horn of the countryman.
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