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toot one's own horn

horn
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hawrn]
    • /tut wʌnz oʊn hɔrn/
    • /tuːt wʌnz əʊn hɔːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawrn]
    • /tut wʌnz oʊn hɔrn/

Definitions of toot one's own horn words

  • noun toot 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 toot 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 toot one's own horn antler. 1
  • noun toot 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
  • noun toot one's own horn the bony substance of which such animal growths are composed. 1
  • noun toot one's own horn any similar substance, as that forming tortoise shell, hoofs, nails, or corns. 1
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Origin of toot 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 Toot one's own horn

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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toot 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".

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