megaphone
[ meg-uh-fohn ]
/ ˈmɛg əˌfoʊn /
noun
a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance.Compare bullhorn.
verb (used with or without object), meg·a·phoned, meg·a·phon·ing.
to transmit or speak through or as if through a megaphone.
Nearby words
megan, megan's law, meganthropus, megaparsec, megaphanerophyte, megaphone, megaphonic, megaphyll, megapixel, megaplex, megapode
Related formsmeg·a·phon·ic [meg-uh-fon-ik] /ˌmɛg əˈfɒn ɪk/, adjectivemeg·a·phon·i·cal·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for megaphone
megaphone
/ (ˈmɛɡəˌfəʊn) /
noun
a funnel-shaped instrument used to amplify the voiceSee also loud-hailer
Derived Formsmegaphonic (ˌmɛɡəˈfɒnɪk), adjectivemegaphonically, adverb
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Word Origin and History for megaphone
megaphone
1878, coined (perhaps by Thomas Edison, who invented it) from Greek megas "great" (see mega-) + phone "voice" (see fame (n.)). Related: Megaphonic. In Greek, megalophonia meant "grandiloquence," megalophonos "loud-voiced."
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