bullhorn
noun
bull·horn
ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯrn 
also ˈbəl-
1
: a loudspeaker on a naval ship
2
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
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Families with signs and bullhorns marched on Snap’s office in Santa Monica, calling for Spiegel’s arrest.
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
Emerging from the aircraft, each veteran was presented to the crowd via bullhorn.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 4 June 2024
The album is from 1969; Townshend and director Des McAnuff’s stage musical first hit Broadway in 1993, and this revival marks the latter’s 30th birthday, with McAnuff again behind the bullhorn.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
Outside the Hilton Pasadena, a worker and two union members who were picketing were issued noise citations by local police and are facing criminal charges for using handheld bullhorns.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
Emerging from the aircraft, each veteran was presented to the crowd via bullhorn.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 4 June 2024
The album is from 1969; Townshend and director Des McAnuff’s stage musical first hit Broadway in 1993, and this revival marks the latter’s 30th birthday, with McAnuff again behind the bullhorn.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
Outside the Hilton Pasadena, a worker and two union members who were picketing were issued noise citations by local police and are facing criminal charges for using handheld bullhorns.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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bullhorn
noun
bull·horn
ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯ(ə)rn
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
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