bullhorn

noun
/ˈbʊlˌhɔɹn/US

Etymology

From bull + horn, attested since the 1950s.

  1. inherited from *hurną
  2. inherited from *horn
  3. inherited from horn
  4. inherited from horn, horne
  5. compounded as bullhorn — “bull + horn

Definitions

  1. 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA