Associations to the word «Klaxon»

Wiktionary

KLAXON, noun. A loud electric horn or alarm.
KLAXON, verb. (intransitive) To produce a loud, siren-like wail.

Dictionary definition

KLAXON, noun. A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats