horn v.3
SE in slang uses
In phrases
1. (orig. US) to intrude, to interfere.
Philosophy of Johnny the Gent 6: Just give him a chance to horn his way in, an spread a little conversation, an’ he'll make himself a one to ten chance. | ||
Big League (2004) 73: I ain’t got no right hornin’ in here, but [etc.]. | ‘The Golden Ball of the Argonauts’ in||
Beef, Iron and Wine (1917) 128: They’ll vote in some guy without a chin, who’s got one foot in Wall Street an’ the other in the grave, an’ he’ll horn in the White House. | ‘Omaha Slim’ in||
Hand-made Fables 307: Any small-sized Gillie can horn his way into a Chamber of Commerce or enlist as a Booster. | ||
Flirt & Flapper 8: The petting party I horned in on last night left me limp. | ||
(con. 1910s) Studs Lonigan (1936) 63: He wished he could horn in on one of those parties. | Young Lonigan in||
What Makes Sammy Run? (1992) 21: You can’t horn in on this, it’s our birthday party. | ||
Jimmy Brockett 111: You said you were only forming a company to show pictures and now you’re horning in on the distribution. | ||
Hoodlums (2021) 124: Phony as the made-up broads in the movies [...] When you tie up with them everyone’s trying to horn in. | ||
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 194: Spode horned in again. | ||
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 93: If someone comes by their territory or block or candy store, and tries to horn in on it, they’ll fight. | ||
Sir, You Bastard 87: Johnny Doleman hadn’t come hustling or trying to horn in. | ||
London Embassy 41: He figured the other guy [...] suspected him of trying to horn in on the family fortune. | ||
Vice Cop 188: ‘[T]he investigation had really grown. [...] Even the feds were trying to horn in’. | ||
Tattoo of a Naked Lady 48: Fully inflated, I horned in on the girl-girl act. |
2. (US) to procure admission for a third party.
Writing Football 10 Nov. [synd. col.] He had horned them all in on free passes. |
1. to eject.
in Calif. Hist. Society Quarterly VIII (1929) 268: Sutter is wanting to horn out some squatters off what he calls his property which they deny & say they squat on the Government land [DA]. | ||
Phila. Times 5 June n.p.: There are others who believe that MacVeagh is trying his best to horn Blaine out of the Cabinet herd [DA]. | ||
Pitching in a Pitch 52: ‘He’s tryin’ to horn my friend Bill out of a job,’ I’ve heard catchers charge against a youngster. |
2. (US) to escape.
Score by Innings (2004) 294: They [i.e. mice] horned out of the box where Fowler kept ’em. | ‘The National Commission Decides’ in