draw in one's horns

horn

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hawrn]
- /drɔ ɪn wʌnz hɔːrn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hawrn]
- /drɔ ɪn wʌnz hɔːrn/

Definitions of draw in one's horns words

noun draw in one's horns 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 draw in one's horns 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 draw in one's horns antler. 1
noun draw in one's horns a process projecting from the head of an animal and suggestive of such a growth, as a feeler, tentacle, or crest. 1
noun draw in one's horns the bony substance of which such animal growths are composed. 1
noun draw in one's horns any similar substance, as that forming tortoise shell, hoofs, nails, or corns. 1

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Origin of draw in one's horns

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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draw in one's horns 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".

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