foghorn

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noun

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

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fogsignal
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Meanings

nounfoghorn (plural foghorns)

plural foghorns · alternative fog horn

  1. A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
  2. A strong gossiper.
verbfoghorn (third-person singular simple present foghorns, present participle foghorning, simple past and past participle foghorned)

present singular third person foghorns · participle present foghorning · participle past foghorned · past foghorned · alternative fog horn

  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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships

Similar
fogsignal
Broader
alarmalertwarning signal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 霧號 /雾号
  • 霧號 /雾号 (wùháo)horn
Danish tågehorn
  • tågehornhorn
Finnish sumutorvi, sumusireeni
  • sumutorvihorn
  • sumusireenihorn
French corne de brume
  • corne de brumehorn
German Nebelhorn
  • Nebelhornhorn
Hungarian ködkürt
  • ködkürthorn
Japanese 霧笛
  • 霧笛 (muteki)horn
Swedish mistlur
  • mistlurhorn
Cite this entry
APA

foghorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foghorn

MLA

“foghorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foghorn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foghorn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foghorn.

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