bullhorn

noun

bull·​horn ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯrn How to pronounce bullhorn (audio)
also ˈbəl-
1
: a loudspeaker on a naval ship
2
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker

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Artists, tour guides and retirees wield flamingo cutouts, children’s art and bullhorns to protest against corruption, opaque land deals and environmental damage, increasingly calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama to step down. Zana Cimili, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 When the bullhorn blared and the stretching ended, more than 80 Falcons players clad in red and white scattered in different directions. Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 27 June 2026 Roughly a dozen protesters set off fireworks and shouted messages in Spanish through a bullhorn. Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 24 June 2026 Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn. Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bullhorn

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bullhorn was in 1942

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“Bullhorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullhorn. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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bullhorn

noun
bull·​horn ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯ(ə)rn How to pronounce bullhorn (audio)
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
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