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bullhorn

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlˌhɔɹn/

noun

Etymology: From bull + horn, attested since the 1950s.

  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.