Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
klaxon .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word klaxons.
Examples
-
He goes on:As the enfeebled Health Bill limps its miserable way through Parliament the warning klaxons are sounding once again about the fitness of the NHS.
-
Over the klaxons, her intuition was screaming at her.
Rogue Oracle 2011
-
Mostly, these are shipboard alarms, distress calls, klaxons and alerts, but I also use running water, wind or crickets chirping to create some ambience.
My GM style: Heavy on the technology, light on the rules 2009
-
So I briefly checked out the rest of the doors I could see on the front façade, somewhat gingerly as I anticipated tripping the security system and setting off klaxons blaring and sirens wailing.
-
Just as Darien turned to walk away, the first of the klaxons sounded.
365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
-
Over the klaxons, her intuition was screaming at her.
Rogue Oracle 2011
-
If we as a nation had the strength to detach from the glittering, flickering baubles beamed into our cerebral cortexes and mute the bleating klaxons, we'd realize that the "news" spouted from many a sneering, slanted mouth is pure carnival barking, and we'd see what America has allowed itself to become.
-
The whoop-whoop-whoop of the klaxons, and all the evacs, and the bomb-sniffing dogs you saw everywheres about.
-
He mustered the strength to phone the news home, where it was greeted by the ringing of fire bells and the sounding of klaxons in the cities of the Imperial Valley.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
-
Red lights and shrill klaxons must be going off at Treasury.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.