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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The new visual captures some of those explosive performances — complete with pyrotechnics and bullhorn — while also offering footage of the band backstage.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
The daughter of immigrants—her mother Liliana is from Argentina, and her father Mario was born in Italy and raised in Argentina—Taurasi hung up bullhorns in her house that her parents brought back from their home country.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
When they are found, the group uses a bullhorn to announce their presence to the community and distributes flyers showing their unmarked cars to alert neighbors.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The woman with the bullhorn was Barbara Steininger, or Babsi, one of the birds’ two foster mothers, who had hand-raised them since their hatching, four months before.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
The daughter of immigrants—her mother Liliana is from Argentina, and her father Mario was born in Italy and raised in Argentina—Taurasi hung up bullhorns in her house that her parents brought back from their home country.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
When they are found, the group uses a bullhorn to announce their presence to the community and distributes flyers showing their unmarked cars to alert neighbors.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The woman with the bullhorn was Barbara Steininger, or Babsi, one of the birds’ two foster mothers, who had hand-raised them since their hatching, four months before.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Bullhorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullhorn. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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bullhorn
noun
bull·horn
ˈbu̇l-ˌhȯ(ə)rn
: a handheld combined microphone and loudspeaker
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