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Klaxon(dictionary)

eject (oh) and Klaxon (iou)


eject (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: ejectus, past participle of eicere 'to throw out']
[T] to make someone leave a place or building by using force
eject sb from sth
::The demonstrators were ejected from the hall.
[T] to make someone leave a job or position very quickly
eject sb from sth
::420 workers have been ejected from their Jobs with no warning.
[T] to suddenly send something out
::Two engines cut out and the plane started to eject fuel as it lost height.
[I] if a pilot ejects, he or she escapes from a plane, using an ejector seat because it is going to crash
[I and T] if you eject a tape or disk, or if it ejects, it comes out of a machine after you have pressed a particular button
-- ejection /I5dVekFEn/ n [U and C]

Klaxon (iou)



Klaxon noun & verb. Orig. US. Also klaxon. E20.
[Name of the original manufacturers.]
A. noun. (Proprietary name for) an electric horn or warning hooter, orig. one on a motor vehicle. E20.
J. le Carre He heard the klaxons,..moaning out..like the howl of starving animals.
b. verb intrans. Sound a Klaxon. E20.