megaphone

[ meg-uh-fohn ]

/ ˈmɛg əˌfoʊn /

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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.

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Origin of megaphone

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; mega- + -phone

OTHER WORDS FROM megaphone

meg·a·phon·ic

[meg-uh-fon-ik], /ˌmɛg əˈfɒn ɪk/, adjectivemeg·a·phon·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby megaphone

Megan, Megan's Law, Meganthropus, megaparsec, megaphanerophyte, megaphone, megaphyll, megapixel, megaplex, megapode, megapolis

How to use megaphone in a sentence

You send things out and you don’t want it to just be a megaphone.
Actress, Mother, Activist Alyssa Milano on Life as a Triple Threat|Esabelle Lee|February 11, 2021|Ozy
It’s a time to celebrate or it’s a megaphone reminder of our aching hearts.
Celebrate you this Valentine’s Day|Tom Sommers|February 9, 2021|Washington Blade
America’s tech giants have also cracked down, stripping the 45th US president and his supporters of their digital megaphones just days before his term ends.
American democracy is still under attack—by corporate influence|John Detrixhe|January 15, 2021|Quartz
Only when big companies take away the megaphones and the money does it seem like Trumpism could someday sputter to an end.
What finally got congressional Republicans to see the light? Corporate America.|Kate Cohen|January 13, 2021|Washington Post

He also used his money to launch or buy media outlets that served as a megaphone for his political causes and a means of countering criticism of his business practices.
Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate who influenced policy from D.C. to Jerusalem, dies at 87|Donald Frazier|January 12, 2021|Washington Post
Gotta have the beret and megaphone if I want people to take me seriously!
Jon Stewart Talks ‘Rosewater’ and the ‘Chickensh-t’ Democrats’ Midterm Massacre|Marlow Stern|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More campaign dollars and a louder megaphone are by themselves not enough to win swing states.
A GOP Senate? Why It Won't Come Easy|Lloyd Green|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If we want a megaphone to the rest of the world, we must explicitly ask for it by changing that setting ourselves.
You Can’t Have Facebook’s Best Privacy Policy|Dennis Kneale|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reading Stirring the Pot is like having a Day-Glo, dumb-feminism-for-dummies megaphone blasted into your ears.
It’s Not Just the Vaccines. Jenny McCarthy’s New Book Offers More ‘Lessons’|Tim Teeman|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turn that megaphone around and use feedback you receive on the crowdsourcing and social media platforms as consumer feedback.
How to Win at Crowdfunding|Bianca Goodloe|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I fairly barked, and seizing the megaphone again, I set it to my lips and roared, "My fiancée!"
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
My lips were buried in the megaphone; I strove to speak; I only produced a ghastly, chuckling sound.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
"Jack Kilmeny will ride Teddy Roosevelt," blared the megaphone man.
The Highgrader|William MacLeod Raine
Captain Wass grabbed down his megaphone; he wanted to submit a few remarks which seemed to fit the incident.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
Russia is the megaphone from which his voice goes out through every land and over every sea.
Communism and Christianism|William Montgomery Brown

British Dictionary definitions for megaphone

megaphone

/ (ˈmɛɡəˌfəʊn) /

noun

a funnel-shaped instrument used to amplify the voiceSee also loud-hailer

Derived forms of megaphone

megaphonic (ˌmɛɡəˈfɒnɪk), adjectivemegaphonically, adverb

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