Horning

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Upstate New York, Northern Pennsylvania, & Western New England See shivaree. See Regional Note at shivaree.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of horn.
  • n. The activity of blowing the horn of a train
  • n. The appearance of the Moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The appearance of the crescent moon.
  • n. A mock serenade with tin horns and other discordant instruments, performed either in humorous congratulation, as of a newly married couple, or as a manifestation of public disapproval, as of some obnoxious person.
  • n. Public proclamation by the blowing of a horn; specifically, same as letters of horning.
  • n. See horn, n., 4 .
  • Word Usage
    "Very interesting that our Member of Parliament seems to think spending every waking hour in horning is more important than being in Parliament."
    Cross Reference
    Verb Stem
    horn   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adorning    corning    forewarning    morning    mourning    warning