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foghorn

noun

Etymology

From fog + horn.

  1. inherited from *hurną✻
  2. inherited from *horn✻
  3. inherited from horn
  4. inherited from horn, horne
  5. compounded as foghorn — “fog + horn”

Definitions

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

  2. A strong gossiper.

  3. 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
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice

      • the voice of the teacher foghorned away undisturbed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA