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Definition of klaxon in English: klaxonnoun ˈklaks(ə)nˈklæksən trademark An electric horn or warning hooter. the tug blew its klaxon three times Example sentencesExamples - Alarm klaxons started to sound throughout the corridors.
- After all the excitement had died down and we were getting on with what we were doing beforehand, the fire klaxon sounded again.
- As a police helicopter thundered overhead, many of the demonstrators sounded klaxons and blew horns to make their point.
- Warning klaxons went off, flooding the room with flashing red light.
- Somewhere, off in the distance, a klaxon sounded and everyone around me started running.
Origin Early 20th century: from the name of the manufacturing company. Rhymes flaxen, Jackson, Sachsen, Saxon, waxen Definition of klaxon in US English: klaxonnounˈklæksənˈklaksən trademark An electric horn or a similar loud warning device. the tug blew its klaxon three times Example sentencesExamples - After all the excitement had died down and we were getting on with what we were doing beforehand, the fire klaxon sounded again.
- Alarm klaxons started to sound throughout the corridors.
- As a police helicopter thundered overhead, many of the demonstrators sounded klaxons and blew horns to make their point.
- Somewhere, off in the distance, a klaxon sounded and everyone around me started running.
- Warning klaxons went off, flooding the room with flashing red light.
Origin Early 20th century: from the name of the manufacturing company. |