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klaxon, n. orig. U.S.|ˈklæksən|
Also Klaxon.
[Name of the manufacturing company.]
An (electric) horn or warning hooter, orig. one on a motor vehicle. Also klaxon-horn.
1910Sat. Even. Post 17 Sept. 48 The Klaxon has never taken a life; it has saved thousands. 1911N.Y. Times 16 Oct. 12/7 Speedometer, slip covers, pigskin upholstery and klaxon. 1917‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 66 A signal rocket streaked from the first Boche biplane, and the trio dived almost vertically, honking the while on Klaxon horns. 1918R. H. Knyvett Over There with Australians iv. xx. 199 These noises were made chiefly with klaxon horns. 1920Motor Manual (ed. 23) xv. 150 The electrically-operated Klaxon horn. 1924B. Gilbert Bly Market 343 Emery Stamp sounded his klaxon. 1949Reader's Digest Apr. 140/2 It was a gray Pierce Arrow, equipped with two bulb horns and an electric Klaxon. 1965‘J. le Carré’ Looking-Glass War 8 He heard the klaxons,..moaning out over the godforsaken airfield like the howl of starving animals. 1973P. Evans Bodyguard Man i. 14 The evening traffic was thick, shrill with sudden braking and klaxon noise.
Hence ˈklaxon v. intr., to sound a klaxon; also trans.; ˈklaxoning vbl. n.
1922E. V. Lucas Genevra's Money vi. 38 The almost constant clatter and Klaxoning of motor-cars and lorries on the high-roads. 1924G. Frankau Gerald Cranston's Lady iv. 48 Lees, Klaxoning furiously, slackened pace round the dangerous stone-wall turning. 1971Daily Tel. 15 Sept. 12 There are two sides to every situation, once the Press, television and radio have ‘klaxoned’ the story to the general public. 1973G. Beare Snake on Grave vii. 35 A little white Fiat klaxoning shrilly. |