megaphone
(noun) a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
megaphone (plural megaphones)
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
(figuratively) Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.
• speaking trumpet
• loudhailer, blowhorn
• bullhorn, the modern electronic amplification version
megaphone (third-person singular simple present megaphones, present participle megaphoning, simple past and past participle megaphoned)
(transitive, intransitive) To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone.
megaphone (uncountable)
(organic compound) a cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.
Source: Wiktionary
Meg"a*phone, n. Etym: [Mega- + Gr.
Definition: A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
