Word.ws English Dictionary

alarm calls

alarm calls is the plural of alarm call.

Meaning of alarm call

Noun

alarm call (plural alarm calls)

  1. An auditory or other signal used by an animal to warn conspecifics of an approaching predator.
  2. (UK) Synonym of wake-up call (“an alert caused by a dramatic event”).
    Synonyms:
    wake-up call

Questions about alarm calls

What is alarm calls the plural of?
Alarm calls is the plural of alarm call.

Words near alarm calls in the dictionary

  1. Alarids
  2. alarm
  3. alarm bell
  4. alarm bells
  5. alarm call
  6. alarm calls
  7. alarm clock
  8. alarm clock headache
  9. alarm clock headaches
  10. alarm clocks
  11. alarm fatigue

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alarm calls (page history and authors); alarm call (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “alarm calls.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/alarm_calls. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.