bullhorn

See also: bull-horn and bull horn

English
A bullhorn

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bull +‎ horn, attested since the 1950s.

Noun

bullhorn (plural bullhorns)

  1. (chiefly US) A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
    Synonyms: blowhorn, (Britain) loudhailer, megaphone
    • 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 59:
      Iʼll press the trigger, and with a loud squeal of ear-piercing feedback, the bullhorn buzzes to staticky life.
    • 2018 July 1, Katrina Brooker, ““I Was Devastated”: The Man Who Created the World Wide Web Has Some Regrets”, in Vanity Fair‎:
      [Mark Zuckerberg] didn’t found Facebook to manipulate elections; Jack Dorsey and the other Twitter founders didn’t intend to give Donald Trump a digital bullhorn.
    • 2021 September 14, Norimitsu Onishi, “A Fox-Style News Network Rides a Wave of Discontent in France”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      CNews, the news network created by the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, topped the ratings in May by giving a new bullhorn for right-wing views on crime, immigration, climate and Covid.

Translations
megaphone — see megaphone

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