megaphone
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.
megaphonic
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a word derived from
megaphone.
Example Sentences
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One curious feature of my stay was the megaphonic recapitulation of the heads of the instruction, after each session, by an elderly Indian who stood out in the midst of the tents.
From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Hudson Stuck
"I'm tired!" was the message Genevieve Maud sent to a sympathetic world on the wings of this megaphonic roar.
From Many Kingdoms by Elizabeth Garver Jordan
Confused, delirious with excitement and provincial longings, they tried to make ocular responses to the megaphonic ritual.
From The Four Million by O. Henry
The megaphonic Bull Pen, however, continued with irregularity, but annoying certainty to furnish its quota of noise.
From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers
"You better make for shore!" shouted Peter between megaphonic hands.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins
