foghorn

See also: fog-horn and fog horn

English

A foghorn (in red) of a lighthouse

A hand-held foghorn

Alternative forms

• fog horn

Etymology

From fog +‎ horn.

Pronunciation

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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.

Derived terms

• voice like a foghorn

Translations

horn

• Finnish: sumutorvi (fi), sumusireeni (fi)
• French: corne de brume (fr) f
• German: Nebelhorn (de) n
• Hungarian: ködkürt (hu)
• Japanese: 霧笛 (ja) (むてき, muteki)
• Occitan: còrna de bruma f
• Swedish: mistlur (sv) c

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