megaphone

meg·a·phone (m

-f

)

A funnel-shaped device used to direct and amplify the voice.

tr. & intr.v. meg·a·phoned, meg·a·phon·ing, meg·a·phones

To transmit (a message) or speak through or as if through a funnel-shaped voice amplification device.

mega·phonic (-f

k) adj.

mega·phoni·cal·ly adv.

megaphone [ˈmɛgəˌfəʊn]

a funnel-shaped instrument used to amplify the voice See also loud-hailer

megaphonic [ˌmɛgəˈfɒnɪk] adj

megaphonically adv

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Noun

megaphone - a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice

acoustic device - a device for amplifying or transmitting sound

Translations

megaphone [ˈmegəfəʊn] N → megáfono m

megaphone [ˈmɛgəfəʊn] n → mégaphone m
mega-star [ˈmɛgəstɑː^r] n → mégastar f

megaphone [ˈmɛgəˌfəʊn] n → megafono

megaphone

n megaphone [ˈmegəfoun]

a funnel-shaped device for speaking through, that causes sounds to be made louder and/or sent in a given direction He shouted instructions to the crowd through a megaphone. megafoon مُضَخِّم صَوْتي، بوق мегафон megafon megafon das Megaphon τηλεβόας megáfono ruupor بلندگو megafoni porte-voix מְגָפוֹן भोंपू megafon, doglasnik hangszóró corong suara gjallarhorn megafono メガホン 메가폰, 확성기 megafonas megafons corong suara megafoon ropert, megafon megafon alto-falante megafon, portavoce мегафон megafón megafon megafon megafon โทรโข่ง megafon 擴音器 рупор; мегафон بھونپو loa 扩音器

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acoustic device
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parabolic mirror
xylophone
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When the oat-spry horse had hedged a little his first spurt of speed Jerry broke the lid of his cab and called down through the aperture in the voice of a cracked megaphone, trying to please:

The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context

shouted Juag, standing up in the boat and making a megaphone of his palms.

Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Almost symbolically he holds and gesticulates with a megaphone in his left hand.

The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context

megaphone playV2('en/US/df/dfd3dsdodfsfd3sdsdd3gh');playV2('en/UK/df/dfd3dsdodfsfd3sdsdd3gh')

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