(normally archaic) A danger signal or warning. / A call to arms.

(archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.

plural of alarum

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alarum

(archaic, rare) present participle of alarum

(archaic, rare) simple past tense and past participle of alarum

All the sounds and activities of preparations for war. / (idiomatic, by extension) Any frantic activity.

(rare) plural of levator labii superioris alaeque nasi