megaphone
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.
to transmit or speak through or as if through a megaphone.
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Origin of megaphone
1Other words from megaphone
- meg·a·phon·ic [meg-uh-fon-ik], /ˌmɛg əˈfɒn ɪk/, adjective
- meg·a·phon·i·cal·ly, adverb
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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 | OzyIt’s a time to celebrate or it’s a megaphone reminder of our aching hearts.
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 | QuartzOnly 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 PostHe 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 | THE DAILY BEASTMore campaign dollars and a louder megaphone are by themselves not enough to win swing states.
If we want a megaphone to the rest of the world, we must explicitly ask for it by changing that setting ourselves.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTTurn that megaphone around and use feedback you receive on the crowdsourcing and social media platforms as consumer feedback.
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. ChambersMy 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 RaineCaptain Wass grabbed down his megaphone; he wanted to submit a few remarks which seemed to fit the incident.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayRussia 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
/ (ˈmɛɡəˌfəʊn) /
a funnel-shaped instrument used to amplify the voice: See also loud-hailer
Derived forms of megaphone
- megaphonic (ˌmɛɡəˈfɒnɪk), adjective
- megaphonically, adverb
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