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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Local leaders are likely to resist any calls to bring back the horn.
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Around the horn • As of Tuesday, only 21 of The Athletic’s top 50 free agents had reached agreements, and that group included four who accepted qualifying offers.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
Another vehicle follows, with a protester lying on the horn.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
As the Jeep careened along the narrow two-lane road, Starling honked the horn, pounded the windshield and screamed to try and get a bystander to notice.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Around the horn • As of Tuesday, only 21 of The Athletic’s top 50 free agents had reached agreements, and that group included four who accepted qualifying offers.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
Another vehicle follows, with a protester lying on the horn.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
As the Jeep careened along the narrow two-lane road, Starling honked the horn, pounded the windshield and screamed to try and get a bystander to notice.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 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 Dec. 2025.
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