foghornn.
/ˈfɒɡhɔːn/, U.S. /ˈfɔɡˌ(h)ɔrn/, /ˈfɑɡˌ(h)ɔrn/ 1. An instrument or device (on a ship or on shore) used to produce a loud noise as a warning to shipping in foggy conditions.Originally foghorns were wind instruments blown by a person; from the mid 19th cent. onwards various types of mechanized foghorns were introduced, using steam or compressed air, and electrically powered foghorns appeared in the 20th cent.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > fog warning devices
fog signal1759
foghorn1819
gas gun1874
diaphone1906
1819 Times 22 Mar. They had one fiddle and a fog-horn, blown on the Thames in foggy weather.
1858 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 363 A gong and fog-horn is..sounded in foggy weather.
1878 W. Black Green Pastures xxviii. 226 The booming of the fog-horn at night is one of the most horrid sounds in the world.
1937 J. E. Lips Savage hits Back iii. 67 Smoking funnels and fog-horns are visible on the high upper deck.
1973 Port Aransas (Texas) South Jetty 20 Sept. 2/1 The foghorn at lighted marker 11 in the Ship Channel..is being considered for removal.
2001 H. Holmes Secret Life Dust vi. 82 In Hong Kong's harbor, ships sometimes rely on their foghorns as they negotiate a sepia cloud of gas and dust.
2. figurative. A loud, blaring, and penetrating sound, typically a person's voice (often attributive). Also: a person with such a voice.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise
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gild?a1513
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yammer1932
1875 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 4 Dec. 5/1 Cool Burgess, with his..fog-horn voice that can ‘make roof and rafters dirl’.
1897 Harper's Mag. Dec. 537/1 Schnerer uplifts his fog-horn of a voice.
1914 J. Schuette Story John & Rose xxix. 242 My father used to say I had a foghorn voice.
1964 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 8 Sept. 10/3 The foghorn sound of an air siren announces the need of a clear track.
1993 B. Hannah Bats out of Hell 245 Lorna had been in the movie,..strident and squawky, a hovering nuisance and foghorn.
2015 Daily Record & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 15 Mar. My dad always had such a wonderful foghorn of a voice that I could always hear him shouting encouragement above everyone else.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
foghornv.
/ˈfɒɡhɔːn/, U.S. /ˈfɔɡˌ(h)ɔrn/, /ˈfɑɡˌ(h)ɔrn/ 1. transitive. To utter in a loud, blaring, and penetrating voice; to shout. Also with direct speech as object. Cf. foghorn n. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)]
remeOE
shoutc1374
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shout?a1513
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gawl1592
yellow1594
hollo1597
vociferate1599
bawl1600
halloo1602
acclaim1659
foghorn1886
honk1906
belt1971
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > utter loudly or angrily
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out-thunder?1611
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loudmouth1931
woof1934
1886 Funny Folks 11 Sept. 290/1 I should probably have seen the set out had not the players..come into violent collision just after ‘deuce’ had been fog-horned in the fifth game.
1915 Watson's Mag. Aug. 215/1 Burns vigorously smiled upon mankind, and fog-horned the information that he was making ‘most gratifying progress’.
1977 J. Reese Halter-broke xviii. 169 ‘Oh hell's bells a'mighty,’ he foghorned.
2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 7 Aug. (Features section) 36 She foghorned thoughts about women who propose to men, baby-on-board bumper stickers and..a fat tax for fat flyers.
2. intransitive. To speak with a loud, penetrating voice; to shout. Also with away.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)]
chirmOE
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cryc1384
shoutc1385
hallowc1420
roupa1425
glaster1513
hollo1542
yawl1542
to set up (also out) one's throat1548
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bawl1570
gape1579
hollo out?1602
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to cry up1684
holler1699
halloo1709
belvea1794
parliament1893
foghorn1918
rort1931
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak loudly or angrily
thundera1340
raisec1384
to speak outc1515
jowlc1540
fulmine1623
to talk big1680
tang1686
to speak upa1723
to go ona1753
rip1828
whalea1852
yap1864
to rip and tear1884
megaphone1901
to pop off1914
foghorn1918
to sound off1918
loudmouth1931
woof1934
1918 Versailles (Indiana) Republican 11 Sept. 5/2 With drums beating and George Creel foghorning, we were told..that 22,000 airplanes would be on the way to battle by July 1, 1918.
1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay i. 4 The Reverend Pelvey, M.A., foghorning away from behind the imperial bird.
1991 Times (Nexis) 25 Mar. They must stop foghorning for 25 per cent pay increases.
2013 N.Z. Herald 3 July 2013 I was in a crowded vaporetto, surrounded by teenage exchange students foghorning away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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