CLAXONS Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word claxons. (close relations)
claxon
Best Alternative Words for CLAXONS
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alarms | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • fear resulting from the awareness of danger • a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event • an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger • a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time verb • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised • warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | ||||||||
buzzers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed • a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound | ||||||||
horns | nounn | |||||||
noun • a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it • one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates • a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning • a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather) • a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves • any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn • the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails • a device having the shape of a horn • an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound • a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves • a device on an automobile for making a warning noise verb • stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | ||||||||
sirens | nounn | |||||||
noun • a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive • a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived • a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound • an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning • eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills | ||||||||
honk | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this) verb • make a strident noise • use the horn of a car • cry like a goose • eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | ||||||||
beep | nounn | |||||||
noun • a short high tone produced as a signal or warning verb • make a strident noise • call, summon, or alert with a beeper | ||||||||
blare | verbv | |||||||
noun • a loud harsh or strident noise verb • make a strident sound • make a strident noise | ||||||||
klaxon | nounn | |||||||
noun • a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles | ||||||||
toot | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a blast of a horn • revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party verb • make a strident noise |