Canadian French Meaning of locking horns

se prendre le bec

Other Canadian French words related to se prendre le bec

Definitions and Meaning of locking horns in English

locking horns

a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair, an intricate mass of objects impeding each other (as in a traffic jam), a cohering bunch (as of wool, cotton, or flax), to make fast, motionless, or inflexible especially by the interlacing or interlocking of parts, to acquire (something, such as a target or signal) automatically using a sensor (such as radar), a narrow ropelike strand of hair formed by matting, braiding, or twisting, to bind closely, a hold in wrestling secured on one part of the body, one that is assured of success or favorable outcome, a fastening (as for a door) in which a bolt is operated (as by a key), to make fast with or as if with a lock, a controlling hold, to fix in a particular situation or method of operation, a wrestling hold that prevents any movement of the part of the body that is being held, to go or pass by means of a lock (as in a canal), to move or permit to pass (something, such as a ship) by raising or lowering in a lock, to become locked, a locking or fastening together, the hair of the head, the mechanism for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm, to grapple in combat, to come into conflict, to make or become fast or motionless, a hairstyle consisting of locks, air lock, to fasten in or out or to make secure or inaccessible by or as if by means of locks, a small bunch of hair or fiber (as cotton or wool), a fastening (as for a door) operated by a key or a combination, to be capable of being locked, to shut in or out or make secure by or as if by means of a lock, to fasten with or as if with a lock, an enclosure (as in a canal) with gates at each end used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from level to level, to hold in a close embrace, interlace, interlock, a device for exploding the charge or cartridge of a firearm, to fasten the lock of, to make fast by the linking of parts together, to invest (capital) without assurance of easy convertibility into money

FAQs About the word locking horns

se prendre le bec

a tuft, tress, or ringlet of hair, an intricate mass of objects impeding each other (as in a traffic jam), a cohering bunch (as of wool, cotton, or flax), to ma

en train de discuter,chicane,buter,chicane,combat,chicane,se chicoter,en train de se chicaner,échanger des mots,jasette

s'entendre,Acceptant,Accord,Coexistant,concordant,acceptant,consentant

locking (up) => verrouillage (vers le haut), lockets => Médaillons, lockers => Casiers, locked out => verrouillé, locked horns => Se taper sur les nerfs,