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human microphone en · NOUN
Meanings
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(no-plural) A means of delivering a speech to a large group of people, wherein persons gathered around the speaker repeat the speaker's words, thus amplifying the voice of the speaker without the need for amplification equipment.
By linking the word to the body and the crowd, the human microphone transformed an obstacle into an important asset for the social movements in the street.
2013 January 8, Rossana Reguillo, “Human Mic: Technologies for Democracy”, in North American Congress on Latin America, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021:
Synonyms
people's mic · people's microphone