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loudhailer

noun

Etymology

From loud + hailer.

  1. derived from *kagʰlos✻ — “pebble”
  2. inherited from *haglaz✻
  3. inherited from *hagl✻
  4. inherited from hæġl
  5. inherited from hayle
  6. suffixed as hailer — “hail + er”
  7. compounded as loudhailer — “loud + hailer”

Definitions

  1. A megaphone or bullhorn.

    • It's a grotesque, misleading smear on a diverse group of individuals – a bit like claiming all Muslims are terrorists (which, coincidentally, the guy beside them is currently doing through a loudhailer).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for loudhailer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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