klaxon
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈklæk.sən/
- Archaic
:
klaxon
- The loud klaxon alarm signaled the start of the emergency evacuation drill.
- alarm klaxon
- klaxon horn
- klaxon blast
Examples
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Twenty-four hours after the klaxon sounded, the satellite entered orbit around the moon.
Fiction book (2001) -
Klaxons and alarms start to wail, and the lights flicker on and off.
Fiction book (1994) -
But any second, I just keep feeling like this... klaxon horn's gonna go off and it's "Man your battle stations."
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With the blaring of the first klaxon, each crew allows their line to run until empty.
Fiction book (2000) -
"The lights suddenly dimmed, and a klaxon began sounding in the corridor."
Fiction book (2001) -
The station suddenly fills with the bellow of an alarm klaxon.
Fiction book (1991) -
The alarm klaxons are ringing out as everyone rushes to battle stations.
Fiction book (1998) -
The bots started moving, and after ten minutes, the crew awakened to klaxons and emergency lights.
Fiction book (2002) -
Sirens flare up and klaxons wail across the base.
Fiction book (1997) -
The klaxon's blaring squawk echoed across the water like the mating call of a monster gander.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
183
1.0
A device that makes a loud sound to warn or signal people
6
1.1
A loud sound a driver makes to warn others or get attention
1
3.0
A loud horn that uses compressed air to make a strong sound on trucks or ships
1
9.3
A loud electric horn used on older cars
1
2.1
A device on a car that makes a loud sound to warn people
A part on a vehicle that makes a loud sound to warn people
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Klaxon comes from an early brand name for a car horn that used the Greek word klazō meaning 'to shriek'. So a klaxon is easy to remember as a short, very loud 'shriek'—a horn or alarm that warns people.