klaxon
pronunciation
How to pronounce klaxon in British English:
UK [ˈklæksn]
How to pronounce klaxon in American English:
US [ˈklæksən]
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- Noun:
- a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
Word Origin
- klaxon (n.)
- "loud warning horn," 1908, originally on automobiles, said to have been named for the company that sold them (The Klaxon Company; distributor for Lovell-McConnell Mfg. Co., Newark, N.J.), but probably the company was named for the horn, which bore a word likely based on Greek klazein "to roar," cognate with Latin clangere "to resound."
Example
- 1. I just couldn 't resist bobby klaxon .
- 2. My ' lawyers in charge ' warning klaxon has been sounding furiously .
- 3. It 's a shame such sites don 't come with a built-in cock quackery klaxon but in the absence of such a facility use the dodgy measurements to warn you off .