claxon

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It was a low note for Harrington to finish on as the claxon to suspend play sounded immediately afterwards to leave the 37-year-old level par after just seven holes.

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  1. a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.
  2. to sound loudly; -- of car horns.

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  1. a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
  2. use the horn of a car
  3. make a loud noise

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  • It was a low note for Harrington to finish on as the claxon to suspend play sounded immediately afterwards to leave the 37-year-old level par after just seven holes. —  ireland.com Breaking News
  • If we blow a claxon about bias, WE are the culprits for having the temerity to point it out. —  MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory
  • Io maine o apuc pe Nazi de coarne, bag pedala, apas pe claxon, demarez pe scari, ocolesc omii idioti care isi parkeaza masina in mijlocul strazii si ma duc, insotzita de Marele biciclist aka frati'miu, gasca de la bloc pe 2 rotzi, si de cine naiba osa mai agatzam pe drum. —  Calculatoare RSS FEED
  • The claxon sounded stridently, and the inflectionless voice of the robopilot said: "Sixty seconds." —  Attrition
  • Faint above the incessant throbbing of explosions, the sound of a claxon horn. —  One Man's Initiation—1917
 

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