1. A tool used to assist putting the foot into a shoe by sliding the heel in.2. (derogatory) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.3. (obsolete) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.4. (literally) To use a shoehorn.5. (transitive) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something)
If you shoehorn something into a tight place, you manage to get it in there even though it is difficult. Their cars are shoehorned into tiny spaces I was shoehorning myself into my skin-tight ball gown. shoe-horn a curved piece of metal or plastic that you put inside the back of a shoe when you put it on, to help your heel go in easily
shoe horn
التركية النطق
şu hôrn
النطق
/ˈsʜo͞o ˈhôrn/ /ˈʃuː ˈhɔːrn/
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[ 'shü ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English shoo, from Old English scOh; akin to Old High German scuoh shoe.