horns

plural of horn
as in tubes
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns

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Recent Examples of horns The air is full of the sounds of hundreds of conversations, the crackling of potato chip bags and the beeping horns of trams that race by with passengers who are running late. Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 On the side of the highway, the night is a cacophony of blaring horns and the shouts of drunken men. ABC News, 23 July 2026 His horns are totally unlike those of the American wild sheep. Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026 But while Momsen was opening a concert, AC/DC was presiding over something that felt like a reunion, judging by the sea of black T-shirts, blinking red devil horns and giant cups of beer. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026 The scene was both serious and strange — after all, this was Vegas and a member of the Satanic temple with black devil horns affixed to the top of his head was waiting for his turn on the microphone. Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 July 2026 The animal charged toward the visitor, chased him back and forth through a patch of trees, and, ultimately, struck the man with its horns, launching and flipping him over. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 July 2026 But horns are actually important safety features and, when used properly, can also help keep traffic moving. Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 12 July 2026 Despite his attempt to run from the animal and hide behind trees, the animal catches up to the man and uses its head and horns to flip him into the air. Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
Noun
  • After weeks or months of monitors, alarms, oxygen, feeding tubes, blood tests and waiting, a family can finally take their baby home.
    Tim Nelin, The Conversation, 21 July 2026
  • The upgrade swaps out the ship’s two 155 mm Advanced Gun Systems for four large missile launch tubes.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • Nevertheless, Gadson’s father, Harold, bought him and his brother, Thomas, cornets to play in their school’s drum and bugle corps, Gadson recalled in author Jim Payne’s The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
  • While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025

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“Horns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horns. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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