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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Mace — who earlier that day had reportedly sent her staff in search of a bullhorn — traveled to the jail where the activists were being held and read the Miranda warning aloud from her phone. Samantha Riedel, Them, 6 Dec. 2024 By this point, the bullhorn had gone dead, the sounds of the event lost amid the chitchatting of attendees. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024 Surveillance footage shared with The Athletic shows two men walking through a hallway in the building, with one man sheathing and unsheathing the sword and the other spinning the red and white bullhorn in his left hand. Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will have its world premiere as the Venice Film Festival opening-night pic, and the bullhorn on the film will only grow louder. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bullhorn 

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 21 Dec. 2024.

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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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