foghorn

Etymology

fog + horn

noun

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

verb

  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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