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foghorn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From fog + horn.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

voice like a foghorn

Translations (10)

da tågehorn (horn) · hu ködkürt (horn) · fr corne de brume (horn) · fi sumusireeni (horn) · de Nebelhorn (horn) · sv mistlur (horn) · cmn 霧號 /雾号 (horn) · fi sumutorvi (horn) · ja 霧笛 (horn) · oc còrna de bruma (horn)

foghorn en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From fog + horn.

Meanings

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

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