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bullhorn

US/ˈbʊlˌhɔɹn/

bullhorn noun: a megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.

bullhorn: a megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice
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Noun

bullhorn (plural bullhorns)

  1. (US) 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.2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 59
    • [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.2018 July 1, Katrina Brooker, ““I Was Devastated”: The Man Who Created the World Wide Web Has Some Regrets”, in Vanity Fair

Synonyms of bullhorn

Forms of bullhorn

pluralbullhorns
alternative formbull horn
alternative formbull-horn

Origin of bullhorn

From bull + horn, attested since the 1950s.

Questions about bullhorn

What does bullhorn mean?
Bullhorn means a megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
What part of speech is bullhorn?
Bullhorn is a noun.
How do you pronounce bullhorn?
Bullhorn is pronounced /ˈbʊlˌhɔɹn/ (US).
What is the plural of bullhorn?
The plural of bullhorn is bullhorns.

Words near bullhorn in the dictionary

  1. bullheadedly
  2. bullheadedness
  3. bullheads
  4. bullhook
  5. bullhooks
  6. bullhorn
  7. bullhorns
  8. Bulli
  9. bulliable
  10. Bulliac
  11. bullid

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