bullhorn

or bull horn

[ bool-hawrn ]

noun

1. a directional, high-powered, electrical loudspeaker or megaphone.

bullhorn

/ ˈbʊlˌhɔːn /

noun

1. a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)loud-hailer

Word History and Origins

Origin of bullhorn¹

First recorded in 1950–55; bull ¹ + horn

Example Sentences

So, if you had a really outrageous claim to make, you could stand on a street corner with a bullhorn, you weren’t getting very far.

From Popular-Science

They say Brown harassed them and yelled from his porch through a bullhorn.

From Washington Post

That was my first taste of campaigning and going to colleges in the back of a pickup truck with a bullhorn and telling everybody why he was the man.

From Ozy

In a Proud Boys live-stream video taken at the Capitol shortly before it was stormed, someone who authorities say appears to be Nordean can be seen shouting at police through a bullhorn, “You took our boy in, and you let our stabber go.”

From Washington Post

Crosby said he was among about 20 people who made it into the Senate chamber, where another rioter with a bullhorn led them in a prayer.

From Washington Post

"They got a plan to slaughter us tonight," he told the crowd through a bullhorn.

From The Daily Beast

Malik responded through the bullhorn, calling for the immediate indictment of Darren Wilson, the cop who shot and killed Brown.

From The Daily Beast

Others, like a group of young activists, asserted the personhood of undocumented immigrants with a bullhorn and a chant.

From The Daily Beast

“Attention, Costco buyers … ” Rivers bellowed through a bullhorn at the Burbank, Calif., location of the superstore chain.

From The Daily Beast

Bullhorn, a large recruiting-software company, ran the anonymous survey of 1,500 recruiters and hiring managers.

From The Daily Beast

From the range control tower in the middle of the firing line, the bullhorn speakers blared.

From Project Gutenberg

After a short time the bullhorn shook the area with the news that the count had resumed.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• megaphone
• public address system