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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Behind him, in the rear seat, a young woman with a blond ponytail called to the birds, in German, through a bullhorn.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Last week, on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — also known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day — 60-some Ohio State University students, armed with bullhorns, posters, and winter jackets, encircled the Schottenstein Chabad House, OSU’s Jewish Student Center.
—Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 6 Feb. 2025
Images from the campaign feature Maher in a locker room setting, wearing a sporty chic pink ensemble, featuring a pleated tennis skirt, holding a matching bullhorn and posing in front of lockers containing the Paula’s Choice Pro-Collagen Peptide Plumping Moisturizer.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Dec. 2024
Based on Darren Beattie's past positions, his appointment at the State Department's public affairs bureau essentially gives the Chinese Communist Party a bullhorn in the middle of Foggy Bottom.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Last week, on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — also known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day — 60-some Ohio State University students, armed with bullhorns, posters, and winter jackets, encircled the Schottenstein Chabad House, OSU’s Jewish Student Center.
—Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 6 Feb. 2025
Images from the campaign feature Maher in a locker room setting, wearing a sporty chic pink ensemble, featuring a pleated tennis skirt, holding a matching bullhorn and posing in front of lockers containing the Paula’s Choice Pro-Collagen Peptide Plumping Moisturizer.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Dec. 2024
Based on Darren Beattie's past positions, his appointment at the State Department's public affairs bureau essentially gives the Chinese Communist Party a bullhorn in the middle of Foggy Bottom.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Bullhorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullhorn. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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bullhorn
noun
bull·horn
ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯ(ə)rn
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
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