Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

air horn

American  
Or airhorn

noun

  1. a horn activated by compressed air.


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.

He had no phone or flares or air horn, no bear spray or shotgun and cracker shells.

From Literature

Officials tried air horns, cherry and caramel flavored bait and even a trap that caught the wrong bear.

From Los Angeles Times

She equipped herself with air horns and bear spray, and put an electric fence around her yard and pond.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the German entrepreneur sat pitchside at a sold-out O2 Arena for the season-concluding Final Four event, any online negativity was drowned out by thousands of screaming children and regular interjections from an air horn.

From BBC

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.

From Los Angeles Times