Air horn

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of airhorn. alt-of, alternative

    "For use with petrol-electric, and subsequently diesel-electric, vehicles, air horns were developed about 1918, and today they vary from single-note instruments to those producing as many as five chiming pitches."

  2. 2
    air intake of a carburetor wordnet
  3. 3
    a pneumatic horn wordnet

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honkerhorns

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"For use with petrol-electric, and subsequently diesel-electric, vehicles, air horns were developed about 1918, and today they vary from single-note instruments to those producing as many as five chiming pitches."

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