English Dictionary

Definition of “alarm call”

alarm call (əˈlɑːm kɔːl)

a telephone call that someone arranges to have made to them in order to wake them up in the morning

British English: alarm call An alarm call is a telephone call that you can arrange through an operator or at a hotel to make sure that you wake up at a particular time.I booked an alarm call for 4:45 a.m.əˈlɑːm kɔːl NOUN
Arabic: خِدْمَةُ التَنْبِيهِ بِالهَاتِف
Brazilian Portuguese: serviço de chamada
Chinese: 唤醒电话
Croatian: buđenje
Czech: buzení telefonem
Danish: alarmopkald
Dutch: wekdienst
European Spanish: llamada despertador
Finnish: hälytys
French: réveilpar téléphone
German: Weckruf
Greek: κλήση συναγερμού
Italian: chiamata di sveglia
Japanese: モーニングコール
Korean: 비상 신호
Norwegian: automatisk vekkeanrop
Polish: budzenie telefoniczne
Portuguese: serviço de despertar
Romanian: apel de deșteptare apeluri de deșteptare
Russian: сигнал побудки
Spanish: llamada de aviso
Swedish: larmsignal
Thai: การโทรปลุก
Turkish: uyarı çağrısı
Ukrainian: сигнал будильника
Vietnamese: cuộc gọi báo thức

A blackbird perched in a hawthorn by the side of the track sounded an alarm call.

Christopher Ross TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)

Before turning in, Raven checked that the ashes were still in the room safe, took a laxative, and put in an alarm call.

Forbes, Bryan A Song at Twilight

DANNY GREWCOCK reckons a shock upset at newly promoted Leeds Tykes last week will be an alarm call for Bath.

Sun, News of the World (2001)

I was awake before my 5.30am alarm call and took the dinghy ride to my boat.

Sun, News of the World (2002)

Nearby she heard the sharp alarm call of a small bird and she screwed up her eyes, trying to see it.

Barbara Erskine SANDS OF TIME (2003)

Somewhere outside a pheasant shrieked its alarm call into the pre-dawn darkness and fell silent again.

Erskine, Barbara Midnight is a Lonely Place

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