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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

/ ˈɒɡˌɔː /

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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of foghorn1

First recorded in 1855–60; fog 1 + horn
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A large fire on a hillside in Inverclyde led to a smoke over Greenock and the Clyde, prompting ships to sound their foghorns.

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Fellow whale songs, murmuring currents, the occasional foghorn, perhaps.

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He has the issues, he has the money and he can show solid constituent service – if he can cut through the foghorn bombast of Donald Trump.

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The foghorns on the Golden Gate Bridge bleated their different tones.

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That night it rained and the light station’s modern foghorn sounded every 30 seconds, as it routinely does from October to April.

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