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

Jeff Guzzetti, a former NTSB and FAA investigator, also told the Times that the horn sound was probably a low rotor RPM alarm, suggesting a mechanical problem before the helicopter crashed. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Margot Robbie wore the horn heel sandals in January, while Sophie Tatcher followed at Cannes in May with the label’s Lexie slingbacks. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

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

Rhymes for the horn

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