bullhorn
or bull horn
[boo l-hawrn]
- a directional, high-powered, electrical loudspeaker or megaphone.
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Origin of bullhorn
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Contemporary Examples
"They got a plan to slaughter us tonight," he told the crowd through a bullhorn.
Malik responded through the bullhorn, calling for the immediate indictment of Darren Wilson, the cop who shot and killed Brown.
Others, like a group of young activists, asserted the personhood of undocumented immigrants with a bullhorn and a chant.
“Attention, Costco buyers … ” Rivers bellowed through a bullhorn at the Burbank, Calif., location of the superstore chain.
Bullhorn, a large recruiting-software company, ran the anonymous survey of 1,500 recruiters and hiring managers.
Historical Examples
From the range control tower in the middle of the firing line, the bullhorn speakers blared.
SonnyRick Raphael
After a short time the bullhorn shook the area with the news that the count had resumed.
If at First You Don't...John Brudy
bullhorn
- US and Canadian a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphoneAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): loud-hailer
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