bullhorn en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbʊlˌhɔɹn/ (General-American)
Etymology
From bull + horn, attested since the 1950s.
Meanings
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(US) A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
[Mark Zuckerberg] didn’t found Facebook to manipulate elections; Jack Dorsey and the other Twitter founders didn’t intend to give Donald Trump a digital bullhorn.
2018 July 1, Katrina Brooker, ““I Was Devastated”: The Man Who Created the World Wide Web Has Some Regrets”, in Vanity Fair:Iʼll press the trigger, and with a loud squeal of ear-piercing feedback, the bullhorn buzzes to staticky life.
2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 59:CNews, the news network created by the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, topped the ratings in May by giving a new bullhorn for right-wing views on crime, immigration, climate and Covid.
2021 September 14, Norimitsu Onishi, “A Fox-Style News Network Rides a Wave of Discontent in France”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bull horn | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bull-horn | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bullhorns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |