A series of notes upon a horn calling out hounds to begin a chase. Usually to blow a seek (blow, v.1 14c). Also figurative. Obsolete.

Representing a tooting sound, as of a wind instrument or (now esp.) a car horn.

A note on the horn, a call or whistle as a signal to a dog or hawk.

The action of making a honking sound; a honk.

An imitation of the sound of a horn, or some similar sound. (Cf. tra-la-la, int.)

A sound produced mechanically by a motor-horn, factory whistle, or the like.

The harsh sound of the horn of a car or other motor vehicle. Cf. beep, n.

= honk, n.1 (in various senses).

such a (reduplicated) sound; also concr., a horn.

Representing a honking sound, esp. that of a horn.