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Claxon

[klak-suhn]

clax·on

[klak-suhn]
noun

Origin:
naturalized English spelling
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Claxon is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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klaxon or claxon (ˈklæksən)
 
n
a type of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
 
[C20: former trademark, from the name of the manufacturing company]
 
claxon or claxon
 
n
 
[C20: former trademark, from the name of the manufacturing company]

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