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shoutbox

shoutbox noun: a tagboard.

Noun

shoutbox (plural shoutboxes)

  1. (Internet, dated) A tagboard.
    • They avail themselves of multiple communicative platforms across the Internet: blogs, social networks, comments, discussion forums, private messages, shoutboxes, MP3 files, and videos.2007, Nancy K. Baym, The new shape of online community: The example of Swedish independent music fandom
    • Embed a shoutbox in your blog/website for your visitors to interact among themselves.2010, Erika Blanchard, Appity Slap: A Small Business Guide to Web Apps, Tech Tools and Cloud Computing

Forms of shoutbox

pluralshoutboxes

Origin of shoutbox

From shout + box.

Questions about shoutbox

What does shoutbox mean?
Shoutbox means a tagboard.
What part of speech is shoutbox?
Shoutbox is a noun.
What is the plural of shoutbox?
The plural of shoutbox is shoutboxes.

Words near shoutbox in the dictionary

  1. shout the odds
  2. shout-out
  3. shout-outs
  4. Shouta
  5. shoutable
  6. shoutbox
  7. shoutboxes
  8. shoutdown
  9. shoutdowns
  10. shouted
  11. shouted down

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