megaphone

noun

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mega·phone | \ ˈme-gə-ˌfōn

Definition of megaphone

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a cone-shaped device used to intensify or direct the voice

megaphone

verb

megaphoned; megaphoning; megaphones

Definition of megaphone (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to transmit or address through or as if through a megaphone

intransitive verb

: to speak through or as if through a megaphone

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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Customers receive a friendly annual reminder by the restaurant’s owner – a 74-year-old woman – who Keith said climbs onto a chair with a megaphone in-hand and shouts the rules to the crowd below. — Brandon Drenon, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2022 The school's Instagram Story also showed various team members standing in the ocean waves — a winning tradition depicted on the show — with the golden trophy, topped with a megaphone, held high overhead. — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 9 Apr. 2022 Students used a megaphone to denounce police violence. — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Speakers used a megaphone to share experiences of being misgendered and discriminated against. — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022 All the while, Fedorov’s social media megaphone keeps the attention of his nearly 300,000 Twitter followers on the carnage in Ukraine. — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022 Before the crowd advanced, Reffitt used a megaphone to shout at police to step aside and to urge the mob to push forward and overtake officers. — Michael Kunzelman And Colleen Long, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2022 Before the crowd advanced, Reffitt used a megaphone to shout at police to step aside and to urge the mob to push forward and overtake officers. — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2022 Before the crowd advanced, Reffitt used a megaphone to shout at police to step aside and to urge the mob to push forward and overtake officers. — Michael Kunzelman, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2022 See More

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