Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any alarm so arranged as to sound upon the opening of a door, window, etc., with which it is connected.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of aburglary - noun a loud
warning signal produced by a burglar alarm
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm
- noun a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary
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plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
The only thing preventing my escape right now.
August 3, 2008
dontcry commented on the word burglar alarm
Where are you planning to go pleth?
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
Somewhere I'm not surrounded by nasty, inconsiderate teenage girls.
There are places I could go if I ever did run away from the boarding house. I have family and friends in the city who would take me in. In reality, I doubt it'll ever happen. Getting out is not the hard bit, it's getting back in that's the problem.
August 3, 2008
dontcry commented on the word burglar alarm
Hang in there girl! All of this is just fodder for your best-selling novel! Make lemonade!
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
I'm sorry. I don't mean to bring my teen angst onto Wordie.
This is not the place for it.
August 3, 2008
dontcry commented on the word burglar alarm
You're a gem, pleth!
August 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word burglar alarm
I don't mind teen angst on Wordie. We can put it in a planter box down by ... The Shrubbery!
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
Ni!
August 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word burglar alarm
Ni! Ni! Ni!
August 3, 2008
dontcry commented on the word burglar alarm
No! You are no longer the knights who say "Ni!"
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
That's right!
We are now the Knights who say "Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing."
Ni!
August 3, 2008