Meanings
present singular third person foghorns · participle present foghorning · participle past foghorned · past foghorned · alternative fog horn
- 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 - 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
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
foghorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foghorn
“foghorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foghorn. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foghorn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foghorn.
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