foghorn
noun
- device that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards like rocky coastlines, or boats of the presence of other vessels, in foggy conditions
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From fog + horn.
- A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
- A strong gossiper.
verb
Etymology: From 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”
- To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice
“the voice of the teacher foghorned away undisturbed”