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foghorned

foghorned is the simple past and past participle of foghorn.

Meaning of foghorn

Verb

foghorn (third-person singular simple present foghorns, present participle foghorning, simple past and past participle foghorned)

  1. 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 Haugesund2013, Tim Moore, Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a a Loafer
  2. To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice
    • the voice of the teacher foghorned away undisturbed1924, Frank Watts, Abnormal Psychology and Education

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Questions about foghorned

What is foghorned the simple past and past participle of?
Foghorned is the simple past and past participle of foghorn.

Words near foghorned in the dictionary

  1. foggish
  2. foggite
  3. foggy
  4. Foggy Bottom
  5. foghorn
  6. foghorned
  7. foghorning
  8. foghorns
  9. fogie
  10. fogies
  11. foglamp

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