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blow one's own horn

horn
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hawrn]
    • /bloʊ wʌnz oʊn hɔrn/
    • /bləʊ wʌnz əʊn hɔːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawrn]
    • /bloʊ wʌnz oʊn hɔrn/

Definitions of blow one's own horn words

  • phrase blow one's own horn If you blow your own horn, you boast about yourself. 3
  • noun blow one's own horn to praise oneself; boast 3
  • noun blow one's own horn one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes. 1
  • noun blow one's own horn a similar growth, sometimes of hair, as the median horn or horns on the snout of the rhinoceros, or the tusk of the narwhal. 1
  • noun blow one's own horn antler. 1
  • noun blow one's own horn a process projecting from the head of an animal and suggestive of such a growth, as a feeler, tentacle, or crest. 1
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Origin of blow one's own horn

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English horn(e) (noun), Old English horn; cognate with Dutch horen, Old Norse, Danish, Swedish horn, German Horn, Gothic haurn, Latin cornu cornu, Irish, Welsh corn; akin to Greek kéras horn (see cerat-)

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Parts of speech for Blow one's own horn

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Blow one's own horn

blow one's own horn popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for blow one's own horn

verb blow one's own horn

  • boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
  • brag — If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
  • crow — A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
  • gloat — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
  • grandstand — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
All 6 Synonyms of blow one's own horn

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