Definition of megaphone
: a cone-shaped device used to intensify or direct the voice
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Police were yelling through megaphones for people still inside to come down, Yasuda said.
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Yet the speech tax forces the dissident to power the megaphone of the majority.
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There's no question Sanders has the biggest megaphone in progressive politics.
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One of them made use of a megaphone to try and clear out the crowd, nearly half an hour after Xscape was set to perform.
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Vita Cleveland was one of the first to speak on the megaphone in the protest’s circle and came away from the event feeling energized.
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But more important, what would President Donald Trump do without his early-morning megaphone?
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The protesters gathered outside the gates of Southcom at 9301 NW 33rd St., holding signs and giving speeches through a megaphone.
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Crews were given rope to hold the craft together, a megaphone for taunting opponents and paddles.
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First Known Use of megaphone
1878
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Definition of megaphone
transitive verb
: to transmit or address through or as if through a megaphone
intransitive verb
: to speak through or as if through a megaphone
First Known Use of megaphone
1901
MEGAPHONE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of megaphone for English Language Learners
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: a cone-shaped device used to make your voice louder when you speak through it
MEGAPHONE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of megaphone for Students
: a device shaped like a cone that is used to direct the voice and increase its loudness
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