foghorn

See also: fog-horn and fog horn

English
A foghorn (in red) of a lighthouse
A hand-held foghorn

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Etymology

fog +‎ horn

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Noun

foghorn (plural foghorns)

  1. A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
  2. A strong gossiper.

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Verb

foghorn (third-person singular simple present foghorns, present participle foghorning, simple past and past participle foghorned)

  1. To sound a foghorn
    • 2013, Tim Moore, Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a a Loafer:
      With the gold evening sun burnishing our strings of signal bunting we foghorned our way up the confidently prosperous quayside of Haugesund
  2. To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice
    • 1924, Frank Watts, Abnormal Psychology and Education:
      the voice of the teacher foghorned away undisturbed
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