bullhorn
noun
bull·horn
ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯrn 
also ˈbəl-
1
: a loudspeaker on a naval ship
2
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
Examples of bullhorn in a Sentence
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Biden, wearing a union ball cap and carrying a bullhorn, stood with Fain at the picket line.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
Teachers held signs, chanted and rallied the crowd with bullhorns outside of Kellogg Middle School on Wednesday morning as cars passing by honked in support.
—CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
This spring, Tennessee lawmakers were criticized across the nation for expelling two young Black state representatives, Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who interrupted a House session with a bullhorn as part of an anti-gun protest.
—Kevin Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
Then one morning, at around 5:30 a.m. on April 13, a loud bullhorn and flashing blue lights awakened Donatiello.
—Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
To worsen the situation, what international aid is coming in has been halted at the southern border between Egypt and Gaza, said Nabel, another man who marched Saturday and carried a bullhorn to chant.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2023
Groups outside synagogues, ‘antisemitic packages’ left A group gathered outside the Temple Beth Israel in Macon on Friday night and one man was arrested after allegedly shouting obscenities through a bullhorn, according to CNN affiliate WGXA.
—Raja Razek, CNN, 25 June 2023
More radical elements on both sides — far-right Catholics and left-wing activists — jostled amid bullhorns and placards, and police intervened.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
In Tennessee, where Republicans hold at least three-fourths of the seats, the GOP supermajority expelled two Black Democratic lawmakers who used a bullhorn on the House floor to protest for gun control after a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
—David A. Lieb, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
Teachers held signs, chanted and rallied the crowd with bullhorns outside of Kellogg Middle School on Wednesday morning as cars passing by honked in support.
—CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
This spring, Tennessee lawmakers were criticized across the nation for expelling two young Black state representatives, Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who interrupted a House session with a bullhorn as part of an anti-gun protest.
—Kevin Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
Then one morning, at around 5:30 a.m. on April 13, a loud bullhorn and flashing blue lights awakened Donatiello.
—Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
To worsen the situation, what international aid is coming in has been halted at the southern border between Egypt and Gaza, said Nabel, another man who marched Saturday and carried a bullhorn to chant.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2023
Groups outside synagogues, ‘antisemitic packages’ left A group gathered outside the Temple Beth Israel in Macon on Friday night and one man was arrested after allegedly shouting obscenities through a bullhorn, according to CNN affiliate WGXA.
—Raja Razek, CNN, 25 June 2023
More radical elements on both sides — far-right Catholics and left-wing activists — jostled amid bullhorns and placards, and police intervened.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
In Tennessee, where Republicans hold at least three-fourths of the seats, the GOP supermajority expelled two Black Democratic lawmakers who used a bullhorn on the House floor to protest for gun control after a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
—David A. Lieb, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
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First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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bullhorn
noun
bull·horn
ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯ(ə)rn
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
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