horning Definition

horn
noun

1. One of a pair of hard hollow outgrowths, usually pointed, on the heads of many ruminant animals, such as cattle, sheep, etc.
2. Any similar structure growing on the head of another animal, such as the growth on the snout of a rhinoceros, a male deer's antlers, or a snail's tentacle.
3. The bony substance (keratin) of which horns are made.
4. Something resembling a horn in shape.
5. A horn-shaped area of land or sea.
6. An object made of horn, or an equivalent of horn, eg a drinking vessel.
(Brit)
7a. music.
A wind instrument originally made from horn, now usually made of brass, specifically a French horn;
7b. music.jazz.
Any wind instrument.
8. An apparatus for making a warning sound, especially on motor vehicles.
9. One of a pair of outgrowths believed to spring from a cuckold's forehead.
(Brit)
10. slang
An erection of the penis.
(US)
11. slang
A telephone.

verb horned, horning

1. To fit with a horn or horns.
2. To injure or gore with a horn or horns.

adj

1. Made of horn.

Idiom: on the horns of a dilemma

Having to make a choice between two equally undesirable alternatives.
Thesaurus: conflicted, torn, in a quandary, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Idiom: pull in one's horns (draw in one's horns)

To control one's strong emotions.

To restrict or confine one's activities, especially spending, etc.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.

Phrasal Verb: horn in

To interrupt or butt in.