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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There are a lot of things that make the horn shark unique — its mouth structure, its eggs, its eyebrows — yes, eyebrows.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Bukauskas knocked Craig out cold with a nasty elbow from top position just before the horn.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The driver’s honking the horn, and the other paramedic is on top of me doing chest compressions.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Since the horn growth is quite rapid in young rams, a four or five year-old ram may score as high as a hundred forty-four.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Bukauskas knocked Craig out cold with a nasty elbow from top position just before the horn.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The driver’s honking the horn, and the other paramedic is on top of me doing chest compressions.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Since the horn growth is quite rapid in young rams, a four or five year-old ram may score as high as a hundred forty-four.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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