Collocations for "horn"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "horn" in context.
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horn
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [a, the] [car, truck, ship, fog] horn
- honked his horn at the [other car, pedestrian]
- stop honking your horn!
- honked his horn at me
- honked her horn in frustration
- she laid on the horn when
- the cars horns were honking
- could hear the car horns (from)
- the horn startled me
- was startled by the horn
- everyone was [tooting, honking] their horns (at)
- a [cow's, bull's] horns
- the illegal trade of [bull, antler] horns
- is made out of horn
- was gored by the bull's horns
- plays the horn in the [orchestra, band]
- play the French horn
- the Horn of Africa
- idiom: locked horns over the [proposal, idea, plans]
- idiom: grab the bull by the horns
- slang, sexually explicit: she's got the horn
- a horn [carving, necklace]
- a horn [button, handle]
- the horn section in the [band, orchestra]
- [a, the] horn [piece, solo]
- is a horn [blower, player]
- heard a horn blast
'horn' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):