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View synonyms for foghorn

foghorn

[ fog-hawrn, fawg- ]

noun

  1. a deep, loud horn for sounding warning signals in foggy weather, as to ships.
  2. a deep, loud voice.


foghorn

/ ˈfɒɡˌhɔːn /

noun

  1. a mechanical instrument sounded at intervals to serve as a warning to vessels in fog
  2. informal.
    a loud deep resounding voice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foghorn1

First recorded in 1855–60; fog 1 + horn
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Example Sentences

“They killed Foghorn Leghorn, right in front of his teammates,” says one historian.

Dreyfuss enthusiastically deploys the Foghorn Leghorn manner of the mid-19th century pre-microphone politician.

You know at Yale they called him 'Foghorn' Harwood, and they put him in front to lead the cheering at all the big games.

The musician, smiling and tousled, was at my bedside, raising a foghorn to his lips with deadly intention.

I hoped to do so without help, by using the edge of the sand; but if he heard a long whistle he was to blow the foghorn.

We hove-to, keeping the foghorn going with its melancholy bray.

Night was coming on and, to accent the loneliness, from somewhere in the dusky dimness a great foghorn groaned at intervals.

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