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Megaphone

//ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
  2. 2
    A cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla. uncountable
  3. 3
    a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice wordnet
  4. 4
    Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another. figuratively

    "If Pack does become head of the BBG, critics fear that he will turn Voice of America and the other BBG networks into a megaphone for Trump."

Verb
  1. 1
    To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone. intransitive, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mega- + -phone.

Etymology 2

From mega- + -phone.

Etymology 3

Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + -one.

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