bullhorn

Or bull horn

[bool-hawrn]

noun

1. a directional, high-powered, electrical loudspeaker or megaphone.

bullhorn

/ ˈbʊlˌhɔːn /

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): loud-hailer. a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone

Word History and Origins

Origin of bullhorn¹

First recorded in 1950–55; bull ¹ + horn

Example Sentences

Cook County sheriff’s police and the Illinois State Police were on scene, occasionally shouting into bullhorns when protesters or reporters crossed the concrete barriers that had been erected to create a protest zone or box.

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An agent called out to Longoria to come out, using a bullhorn, as agents stood at each door and pointed their rifles at the door and at the occupants inside, the attorneys said.

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“The community comes with their bullhorns. They come with their sound equipment. They come with their posters, so it’s really just talking to each other and getting stuff accomplished.”

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“No firmes nada,” a union organizer shouted into a bullhorn as he stood atop the flatbed of a truck outside Ambience Apparel, doling out battlefield legal advice not to sign anything.

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Someone passed around bottled waters and masks as a young woman chanted on a bullhorn, “Move ICE, get out the way!” to artist Ludacris’ song “Move.”

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Related Words

• megaphone 
• public address system