Home › Words › F › foghornfoghornfoghorn means A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, foghorn ranks #6,906 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom fog + horn.nounA very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.A strong gossiper.verbTo sound a foghorne.g.“With the gold evening sun burnishing our strings of signal bunting we foghorned our way up the confidently prosperous quayside of Haugesund” — 2013, Tim Moore, Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a a Loafer:To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voicee.g.“the voice of the teacher foghorned away undisturbed” — 1924, Frank Watts, Abnormal Psychology and Education:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).