horn blast

Blaring car signal

A horn blast is a loud, sustained sound from a horn—typically a car horn, ship's horn, or similar warning device.

The phrase emphasizes the sudden, forceful quality of the noise: A horn blast from the truck behind startled her.

Multiple horn blasts often signal urgency or impatience.

Related

siren · warning · sound the alarm · car · big rig · traffic · loud · startling · jarring · fanfare · signal · alarm · foghorn · reveille · wake up call · bellow · train · alert

Categories
Opposites
volume/intensity

horn blastwhisper

Speech without full voice

murmur · soft tone · silence · hush · muted tone

silence vs sound

horn blastsilence

Total lack of sound

quiet · stillness · hush · dead silence · soundlessness

signal function

horn blastlullaby

Soothing song for babies

white noise · muted tone · ambient sound

Family

horn, blast, horns, horned, hornless, horny, hornlike, blasts, blasted

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G