claxon
a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles • Syn: klaxon • Hypernyms: horn
1. make a loud noise - The horns of the taxis blared • Syn: honk, blare, beep, toot • Derivationally related forms: toot (for: toot), beep (for: beep), beeper (for: beep), honker (for: honk) • Hypernyms: sound, go • Hyponyms: tootle • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something 2. use the horn of a car • Syn: honk • Derivationally related forms: honker (for: honk) • Hypernyms: make noise, resound, noise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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