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horn

1. n. the nose. He scratched his horn with his pencil and opened his mouth to speak.

2. n. the telephone. She’s on the horn now. What’ll I tell her?

3. tv. to sniff or snort a narcotic. (Drugs.) Ernie horned a line and paused for a minute.

See:

• all horns and rattles
• around the horn
• be on the horn
• be on the horns of a dilemma
• blow one’s own horn
• blow one's own horn
• blow own horn
• blow own trumpet
• chrome horn
• come out the little end of the horn
• draw in (one's) horns
• draw in horns
• draw in horns and pull in horns
• get on the horn
• give (someone) the horn
• grab the bull by its horns
• grab the bull by the horns
• greenhorn
• have the horn
• horn
• horn in
• horn in on
• horns of a dilemma, on the
• lock horns
• make horns at
• mess with the bull and you get the horns
• on the horn
• on the horns of a dilemma
• pull in one's horns
• show (one's) horns
• take the bull by its horns
• take the bull by the horns
• toot (one's) own horn
• toot one’s own horn
• wear the horns