Usually means: Loud alarm signaling imminent danger.
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  1. klaxon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Klaxon: Merriam-Webster
  3. klaxon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Klaxon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. klaxon: Collins English Dictionary
  6. klaxon: Vocabulary.com
  7. Klaxon, klaxon: Wordnik
  8. klaxon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. klaxon: Wiktionary
  10. klaxon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Klaxon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. klaxon: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. klaxon: Dictionary.com
  14. klaxon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Klaxon (disambiguation), Klaxon (magazine), Klaxon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. klaxon: Rhymezone
  17. klaxon (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. klaxon: FreeDictionary.org
  19. klaxon: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. klaxon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Klaxon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Klaxon: art glossary

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  1. klaxon: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Klaxon: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century.
verb:  (intransitive) To produce a loud, siren-like wail.

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