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
In action today, Norway’s goal-scoring giant Erling Haaland locks his Viking horns with France’s lighting-fast Kylian Mbappé, who is hunting down the World Cup scoring record.
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Mark Hodge,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
The band's retro-modern blend of sierreño and corridos tumbados put a next-gen spin on traditional Mexican music, layering Pedro's aching vocals over lush arrangements of acoustic guitar and soulful horns.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The song’s spacious production lets its piercing saxophone riffs dissipate into silence, only for borderline obnoxious horns to swirl them back into rhythm.
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Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Japan lock horns with Sweden in the final Group F game at the FIFA World Cup today, and both teams need a win to ensure automatic qualification to the knockout stages.
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Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
Once meaning the green horns of a young cattle, the term is now used to describe someone who’s inexperienced and naive.
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Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
There are drums, cowbells, ham horns, and the battle cry of Olé Olé Olé, Olé Olé Olá!
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Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
Car horns were still beeping in Bogota on Monday morning in celebration of Abelardo de la Espriella’s win in Colombia’s presidential election.
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Catherine Ellis,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Here, her grief is cradled by lo-fi fuzz and limber, distant horns.
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Maria Nenet Barrios,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026
Mark Hodge,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
The band's retro-modern blend of sierreño and corridos tumbados put a next-gen spin on traditional Mexican music, layering Pedro's aching vocals over lush arrangements of acoustic guitar and soulful horns.
—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The song’s spacious production lets its piercing saxophone riffs dissipate into silence, only for borderline obnoxious horns to swirl them back into rhythm.
—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Japan lock horns with Sweden in the final Group F game at the FIFA World Cup today, and both teams need a win to ensure automatic qualification to the knockout stages.
—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
Once meaning the green horns of a young cattle, the term is now used to describe someone who’s inexperienced and naive.
—
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
There are drums, cowbells, ham horns, and the battle cry of Olé Olé Olé, Olé Olé Olá!
—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
Car horns were still beeping in Bogota on Monday morning in celebration of Abelardo de la Espriella’s win in Colombia’s presidential election.
—
Catherine Ellis,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Here, her grief is cradled by lo-fi fuzz and limber, distant horns.
—
Maria Nenet Barrios,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
Noun
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It’s designed to support up to two AMS 2 Pro units simultaneously, expanding the printer’s available material pool without constantly rerouting Bowden tubes by hand.
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Watch On Those of a certain age might recall the first spectacular trailers opening with images of a 23rd-century domed city sparkling with water features and bright white buildings connected by transparent transportation tubes filled with bullet-like people pods.
Noun
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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.
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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.
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“Horns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horns. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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