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reveille collapse: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise; (military) signal to wake up

sleigh bell collapse: bell attached to a sleigh, or to harness of horse pulling a sleigh

doorbell collapse: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

birdcall collapse: a device for imitating a birdcall; the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"

clapper collapse: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side; someone who applauds

Angelus collapse: a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation

war cry collapse: a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle; a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'"

gong collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick; sound a gong

summons collapse: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time

rosary collapse: a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)

alarm collapse: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event; an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger; fear resulting from the awareness of danger; warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

parabolic collapse: having the form of a parabola; resembling or expressed by parables

messiah collapse: an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742; the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people; Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer; any expected deliverer

pacesetter collapse: a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations"

Mayday collapse: an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

tocsin collapse: a bell used to sound an alarm; the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

bell collapse: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck; the flared opening of a tubular device; the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"; United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922); English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961); a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905); the shape of a bell; (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.; attach a bell to; "bell cows"

all clear collapse: permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed; a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over

triangle collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle; any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles; a three-sided polygon; something approximating the shape of a triangle; "the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle"

blinker collapse: a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages; a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn; put blinders on (a horse)

semaphore collapse: an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms; convey by semaphore, of information; send signals by or as if by semaphore

traffic light collapse: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections

foghorn collapse: a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone; a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships

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