klaxon

Or clax·on

[klak-suhn]

noun

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

klaxon

/ ˈklæksən /

noun

1. a type of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles

Word History and Origins

Origin of klaxon¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; formerly trademark

Word History and Origins

Origin of klaxon¹

C20: former trademark, from the name of the manufacturing company

Example Sentences

Speaking about the protests, Kyle said on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg moments like these were "klaxon calls" for those in power to redouble their efforts to address the big concerns people have, including on immigration.

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Speaking about Saturday's protests, Kyle said moments like these were "klaxon calls" for those in power to redouble their efforts to address the big concerns people have, including on immigration.

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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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