Advertisement

Advertisement

air horn

Or airhorn

noun

  1. a horn activated by compressed air.



Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Sometimes local police will scare bears out of residents’ homes with air horns or projectiles that release an irritant akin to pepper spray, but they are legally limited in what they can do.

“A police car with an air horn or the siren, we would push the bear up out of the community. Fifteen minutes later, they were right back downtown,” he said.

By tipoff, an agitated rumble filled the arena, punctuated by air horns and the aforementioned singing.

For the swimsuit portion of the Miss Argentina contest, Rodríguez chose a modest one-piece suit with a shawl draped over her shoulders, giving the crowd a shimmy as fans whooped and blew air horns.

The group of protesters located a few streets down the hill from the park’s outer wall could be heard beating drums, blowing air horns and setting off firecrackers before the show kicked off.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


air holeairhose