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klaxon

or ·Dz

[ klak-suhn ]

noun

  1. a loud electric horn, formerly used on automobiles, trucks, etc., and now often used as a warning signal.


klaxon

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. a type of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of klaxon1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; formerly trademark
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of klaxon1

C20: former trademark, from the name of the manufacturing company
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Johnson, who is testifying under oath, admitted Wednesday that he made mistakes in grasping the extent of the pandemic and that his advisers failed to sound a “loud enough klaxon of alarm” about the virus.

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Surveys showing strength for Republicans, often from the same partisan pollsters, set Democratic klaxons blaring in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Colorado.

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These wailing klaxons of a political system in peril come as Republicans and Democrats frame the upcoming midterm voting, which will determine which party controls Congress next year, as a pivotal moment in American history.

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The force of the explosion blew through a nearby McDonald’s, triggering a klaxon blaring through a commercial center.

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FA Cup: Sound the :”magic” klaxon - we have our first upset of the weekend as Burnley go out to Huddersfield Town.

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