Usually means: Loud horn, typically for warning.
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  8. Claxon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Claxon)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of klaxon. [A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century.]

Similar:
toot, beep, klaxon, honk, blare, air horn, blow horn, dingdong, blow-horn, loud hailer, more...

Opposite:
silence, quiet, hush

Types:
car horn, air horn, fog horn, ship's horn, more...

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Similar:
toot, beep, klaxon, honk, blare, air horn, blow horn, dingdong, blow-horn, loud hailer, more...

Opposite:
silence, quiet, hush

Types:
car horn, air horn, fog horn, ship's horn, more...



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