bullhorn
noun/ˈbʊlˌhɔɹn/US
Etymology
From bull + horn, attested since the 1950s.
- inherited from *hurną✻
- inherited from *horn✻
- inherited from horn
- inherited from horn, horne
Definitions
A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
- Iʼll press the trigger, and with a loud squeal of ear-piercing feedback, the bullhorn buzzes to staticky life.
- [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.
- 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.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA