Definition
1 : an alarm bell or the ringing of it
2 : a warning signal
That may sound alarmist, but the tocsin is being rung by some pretty sober people.
His demand for immediate emancipation fell like a tocsin upon the ears of slaveholders.
To hear a tocsin being sounded in your dream indicates that you will win over an argument.
The illuminated village had seized hold of the tocsin, and, abolishing the lawful ringer, rang for joy.
That night the sound of the tocsin was again heard, mingling with the booming of cannon.
The tocsin is the signal for our people in the salient.
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