Meaning

2 senses
  1. (figuratively, usually plural)A sudden awareness of danger.

    Alarmglocke

    трево́жный звоно́кtrevóžnyj zvonók

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alarm, bell.

    the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

Examples

6 sentences
  1. That set off alarm bells.

  2. Yanni's friend was setting off alarm bells.

    Друг Янні активував сигнал тривоги. — Ahha

  3. Alarm bells were going off in my head like crazy.

  4. Yanni's alarm bells went off.

  5. The second the alarm bell went off, the kids in the room scurried around in panic.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sudden awareness of danger:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sudden awareness of danger:

Forms

plural: alarm bells
Singularalarm bell
Pluralalarm bells

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the sound of an alarm (usually a bell):tocsin

See also

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