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

Word History and Origins

Origin of foghorn¹

First recorded in 1855–60; fog ¹ + horn

Example Sentences

A large fire on a hillside in Inverclyde led to a smoke over Greenock and the Clyde, prompting ships to sound their foghorns.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Salon

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

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times