as in tube
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Most American reality television involves unnecessary noise: Loud-ass Garage Band loops underscore Gordon Ramsay harshly berating Hell’s Kitchen contestants and bombastic horns wail in the background while Tiffany Pollard yells at Teresa Giudice.
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Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
Banging on a drum or tooting a horn can also relieve stress, reduce burnout, and help with anxiety and depression.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2024
Two years later, Wolf Bros. began to flesh out that initial trio even further, coming to embrace pedal steel, strings and horns on stage via the inclusion of the Wolfpack.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
And around 10am Fridays, the city garbage truck rolls around, honking its horn to delight the children.
—Asher Price, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
Banging on a drum or tooting a horn can also relieve stress, reduce burnout, and help with anxiety and depression.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2024
Two years later, Wolf Bros. began to flesh out that initial trio even further, coming to embrace pedal steel, strings and horns on stage via the inclusion of the Wolfpack.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
And around 10am Fridays, the city garbage truck rolls around, honking its horn to delight the children.
—Asher Price, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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