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bullhorn

Or bull horn

[bool-hawrn]

noun

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



bullhorn

/ ˈʊˌɔː /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bullhorn1

First recorded in 1950–55; bull 1 + horn
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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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Josh Fulfer, a 46-year-old father and conservative online influencer who lives near the stadium, said he was the protester on the bullhorn.

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Others in the crowd shook a wooden fence and shouted at the residence using bullhorns.

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Right-wing media holds the loudest bullhorn and it has been setting the news agenda across the board for years.

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