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    [Noun]  | "alarm" | \ ə-ˈlärm \


    1: a call to arms

    2: a signal (such as a loud noise or flashing light) that warns or alerts; also : a device that signals

    3: sudden sharp apprehension and fear resulting from the perception of imminent danger

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English alarme, alarom, from Middle French alarme, from Old Italian all'arme, literally, to the arms;

    [Noun]  | "alarm clock" 


    1: a clock that can be set to sound an alarm at a desired time

    Origin: 1662 ;

    [Noun]  | "alarm reaction" 


    1: the initial reaction of an organism (such as increased hormonal activity) to stress

    Origin: 1936 ;

    [Noun]  | "false alarm" 


    1: an alarm (such as a fire or burglar alarm) that is set off needlessly

    2: something causing alarm or excitement that proves to be unfounded

    Origin: 1578 ;

    [Noun]  | "still alarm" 


    1: a fire alarm transmitted (as by telephone call) without sounding the signal apparatus

    Origin: 1875 ;

    [Noun]  | "burglar alarm" 


    1: a device that makes a loud noise (such as a ringing sound) if someone tries to enter a building by using force

    [Noun]  | "fire alarm" 


    1: a device that makes a loud sound to warn people when there is a fire

    [Verb]  | "alarm" 


    1: to strike with fear

    2: disturb, excite

    3: to give warning to

    Origin: 1586 ;

    [Idiom]  | "no cause for alarm" 


    1: no reason to be worried or afraid

    [Idiom]  | "raise/sound the alarm" 


    1: to warn people

    [Noun]  | "alarm" 


    1: suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune;


      * e.g., " ... observed with alarm the man staggering toward the edge of the cliff "



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    2: the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk;


      * e.g., " ... in a daring midnight ride Paul Revere gave the alarm that British troops were approaching "



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    3: the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger;


      * e.g., " ... filled with alarm when the flood waters reached their front steps "



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    [Noun]  | "alarm clock" 


    1: as in atomic clock, time clock;


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    [Noun]  | "alarm clocks" 


    1: as in atomic clocks, time clocks;


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    [Verb]  | "alarm" 


    1: to strike with fear;


      * e.g., " ... I don't want to alarm you, but I think you should know there's a bear on your back porch "




    2: to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy;


      * e.g., " ... alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of home heating fuel "




     [ "alarm" ]

    1: The alarm describes a freaky asian girl's orgasm. When she continuously wails that high pitch, the sound resembles an alarm hence the name alarm.

      * e.g.,  ... I was fuckin this asian chick and i thought the fire alarm went off. 

     [ "alarm" ]

    1: Someone who is clearly homosexual and in denial.

      * e.g.,  ... Scott is a total alarm and he doesn't know it. 

     [ "Alarm" ]

    1: An Alarm is a morning routine comprised of the following steps: 1) Take a rip from a Juul

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, I set the Alarm for 5 minutes, esketit 

     [ "Alarm" ]

    2: 2) Without exhaling, take a rip from a bong

     [ "Alarm" ]

    3: 3) Still without exhaling, shotgun a beer

     [ "Alarm" ]

    4: 4) Exhale and enjoy! The term is derived from the Alarm’s ability to wake the subject up from the sleeplike state of sobriety.

     [ "Alarm" ]

    1: An audible alert to wake you up in the morning.

      * e.g.,  ... He set Alarm to wake him up for work. Plural: He set 2 larms to wake his tired ass up. 

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    1: The alarmer often faces embarresment when they set their car alarm off by accient, or worse, their house alarm. If they don't (or can't) turn it off quickly you are driven to insanity as it wont STOP RINGING. AAHHHH. The problem with alarmers is that they have led the rest of the general public to believe that if they hear an alarm, that it was an alarmer causing it, so they will ignore it. If there is a valid reason for the alarm to go off, the person who set it off, will get away.

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh god, it's another ruddy alarmer. Learn how to use the little button you idiot" 

     [ "Alarm" ]

    1: 9:00 pm when a girl needs to take her birth control pill

      * e.g.,  ... Hey Emily, guess what? Alarm!  

     [ "alarming" ]

    1: (V)- setting the alarm at a certain time.

      * e.g.,  ... Im alarming for 10 o clock. 

     [ "alarmed" ]

    1: Afraid or mindful of something that you've already mentioned

      * e.g.,  ... You can come into my arms 

     [ "alarmer" ]

    1: Someone who freaks out easily when things happen

      * e.g.,  ... Jack: Fuck dude, some guy is banging your girlfriend!  

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    1: An alarmer is someone who has an alarm that has gone off accidentally. Like a car-alarm or a house alarm. An alarmer who hasn't switched off their alarm is the worst kind. This is when the alarm just stays on continuously and you have to go somewhere else before it drives you crazy.

      * e.g.,  ... Wonder when that alarm will stop going-off like that!! oh, looks like it will be soon, I think that's the alarmer coming over. 

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