the horn
noun
US slang
: the telephone
When he heard there was trouble, he got on the horn to the police.
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Pounding on the windows and honking the horn to attract attention to the situation.
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
As protesters chanted and spoke into a microphone, tuba player Yehuda Serotta punctuated sentences and chants with the horn slung across his body.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
Tatiana slammed the horn and floored the gas pedal, roaring into her backyard.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Carnage would step on a pedal every few minutes that triggered the horn on the police car.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
As protesters chanted and spoke into a microphone, tuba player Yehuda Serotta punctuated sentences and chants with the horn slung across his body.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
Tatiana slammed the horn and floored the gas pedal, roaring into her backyard.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Carnage would step on a pedal every few minutes that triggered the horn on the police car.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the horn
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“The horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20horn. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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