HORN IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horn in mean? 

• HORN IN (verb)
  The verb HORN IN has 1 sense:

1. search or inquire in a meddlesome way

  Familiarity information: HORN IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORN IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Search or inquire in a meddlesome way

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

horn in; intrude; nose; poke; pry

Context example:

This guy is always nosing around the office

Hypernyms (to "horn in" is one way to...):

look; search (search or seek)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

The blowing of the coach-horn in the yard was a seasonable diversion, which made me get up and hesitatingly inquire, in the mingled pride and diffidence of having a purse (which I took out of my pocket), if there were anything to pay.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)