Horn — meaning in English

English meaning

• hickey noun A bruise-like mark left on the skin from kissing or sucking, typically on the neck.
• horn noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.

Senses

Horn is used for these senses in English:

• hickey (printing) A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
• horn (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
• horn (countable, musical instrument) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
• horn (countable) A conical device used to direct waves.

hickey — full definition

1. noun A bruise-like mark left on the skin from kissing or sucking, typically on the neck.
2. noun An unnamed small object or gadget whose proper name has been forgotten.

horn — full definition

1. noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.
2. noun A brass wind instrument, or an instrument used to signal.
3. noun A device on a vehicle that makes a loud warning sound.
4. verb To sound a vehicle's horn.

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