the horn

noun

US slang

: the telephone

When he heard there was trouble, he got on the horn to the police.

Examples of the horn in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pesta recommends teaching kids to blow the horn if they're locked in a vehicle. — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

After another two minutes of dangerous Machado Garry strikes, Makhachev deftly tripped the challenger and quickly scrambled to take Machado Garry’s back, where Makhachev stayed stapled until the horn sounded and Silva’s record was rewritten. — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Cameras integrated into the horn assembly provide multiple viewpoints, including feeds from the arms, tools, and legs, while also serving as backup vision if joint sensors fail. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

The same flaw could silence the alarm, sound the horn or flash the headlights. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

Rhymes for the horn

• adorn
• airborne
• blackthorn
• broomcorn
• buckhorn
• buckthorn
• careworn
• firstborn
• foodborne
• forborne
• forewarn
• forlorn