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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hornball en · NOUN

Etymology

See horn (“sexual arousal”) + -ball, and compare sleazeball, cornball, etc.

Meanings

  1. (US, slang) A person who is often, or easily, sexually aroused.
    • [Azzopardi:] Are you as much of a hornball as you make yourself out to be with your music? 2010 September 23, Chris Azzopardi, “Catching up with Cazwell”, in Between the Lines, volume 1838, page 23:

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