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megaphone

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meg·a·phone  (mg-fn)
n.
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 (-fnk) adj.
mega·phoni·cal·ly adv.

megaphone
Noun
a funnel-shaped instrument used to make someone's voice sound louder, esp. out of doors
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.megaphonemegaphone - 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 [ˈmɛgəfəun] nmegáfono
megaphone [ˈmɛgəfəun] nporte-voix m inv
megaphone [ˈmɛgəfəun] nMegafon nt
megaphone [ˈmɛgəfəun] nmegafono

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.megafoonمُضَخِّم صَوْتي، بوقмегафонmegafonmegafondas Megaphonτηλεβόαςmegáfonoruuporبلندگوmegafoniporte-voixמְגָפוֹןभोंपूmegafon, doglasnikhangszórócorong suaragjallarhornmegafonoメガホン확성기, 메가폰megafonasmegafonscorong suaramegafoonropert, megafonmegafonalto-falantemegafon, portavoceмегафонmegafónmegafonmegafonmegafonโทรโข่งmegafon擴音器рупор; мегафонبھونپوloa

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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:
shouted Juag, standing up in the boat and making a megaphone of his palms.
Almost symbolically he holds and gesticulates with a megaphone in his left hand.
 
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