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loud-hailer

loud-hailer is the alternative form of loudhailer.

Meaning of loudhailer

Noun

loudhailer (plural loudhailers)

  1. (Ireland, UK) 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).2010 August 30, Charlie Brooker, “Buzzwords for blowhards”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 May 2023
    Synonyms:
    blowhorn

Forms of loud-hailer

pluralloud-hailers

Questions about loud-hailer

What is loud-hailer the alternative form of?
Loud-hailer is the alternative form of loudhailer.

Words near loud-hailer in the dictionary

  1. loud mouths
  2. loud silence
  3. loud silences
  4. loud speaker
  5. loud speakers
  6. loud-hailer
  7. loud-hailers
  8. loudcasting
  9. Loudcest
  10. loude
  11. louden

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