Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.
- verb to sound loudly; -- of car horns.
- verb to use the horn of a car.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
klaxon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a loud noise
- noun a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
- verb use the horn of a car
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Examples
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Or maybe, given the propensity of my neighbors to drive up and honk (tocar) the horn (claxon), I'll wait upstairs until you honk.
Lo que quieres. 2007
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Or maybe, given the propensity of my neighbors to drive up and honk (tocar) the horn (claxon), I'll wait upstairs until you honk.
Lo que quieres. 2007
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A claxon sounded from the fortress wall and massive steel doors slid back.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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Or maybe, given the propensity of my neighbors to drive up and honk (tocar) the horn (claxon), I'll wait upstairs until you honk.
Lo que quieres. 2007
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Or maybe, given the propensity of my neighbors to drive up and honk (tocar) the horn (claxon), I'll wait upstairs until you honk.
Lo que quieres. 2007
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At their approach a claxon sounded and the door ground open.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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Or maybe, given the propensity of my neighbors to drive up and honk (tocar) the horn (claxon), I'll wait upstairs until you honk.
Lo que quieres. 2007
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Butter tumbles backward and scrambles to her feet as trills and a claxon almost drown out the cries of
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The same claxon sounded, the door ground back open.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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Or maybe, given the propensity of my neighbors to drive up and honk (tocar) the horn (claxon), I'll wait upstairs until you honk.
Lo que quieres. 2007
chelster commented on the word claxon
This word is more commonly, and properly, spelled klaxon after the company that manufactured the horn and trademarked the name.
September 6, 2010