| Main Entry: | buzzer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | siren |
Synonyms: |
alarm, bell, dinger, emergency signal, gong, signal, warning |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, signaling device |
Synonyms: |
Mayday, SOS, alert, bell, blast, buzzer, call, caution, clock, cry, drum, flap, flash*, forewarning, gong, high sign, horn, nod, scramble*, scream, shout, sign, signal, siren, squeal, tip, tip off, tocsin, trumpet, warning, whistle, wink, yell |
| Main Entry: | bell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | signaling object or sound |
Synonyms: |
alarm, buzz, buzzer, carillon, chime, clapper, curfew, ding-dong, dinger, gong, peal, ringer, siren, tintinnabulum, tocsin, toll, vesper |
| Main Entry: | doorbell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chime |
Synonyms: |
buzzer, door knocker, ringer |
| Main Entry: | telegram |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | message sent by coded radio signals |
Synonyms: |
buzzer, cable, cablegram, call, coded message, flash, radiogram, report, signal, summons, telegraph, telegraphic message, teletype, telex, wire |
| Main Entry: | crew cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | closely cut haircut |
Synonyms: |
burr cut, butch haircut, buzz cut, buzzer, close-cropped, flattop, flattop haircut, fuzz cut, military haircut, number 2 buzz |
| Main Entry: | panic button |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm button |
Synonyms: |
911, buzzer, emergency signal, nurse's signal |
| Concept: | [Indication of danger.] Alarm. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle., false alarm, cry of wolf; bug-bear, bugaboo.
-verbs
give the alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm, turn in the alarm, beat the alarm, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, turn in an alarm, beat an alarm; alarm; warn; ring the tocsin; battre la generale; cry wolf.
-adjectives
alarming
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