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/ˈbʊlˌhɔɹn/ · noun
(chiefly US) A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice..
Iʼll press the trigger, and with a loud squeal of ear-piercing feedback, the bullhorn buzzes to staticky life.
[Mark Zuckerberg] didn’t found Facebook to manipulate elections; Jack Dorsey and the other Twitter founders didn’t intend to give Donald Trump a digital bullhorn.
CNews, the news network created by the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, topped the ratings in May by giving a new bullhorn for right-wing views on crime, immigration, climate and Covid.
Use bullhorn when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bullhorn means (chiefly US) A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice..
Common synonyms include blowhorn, loudhailer, megaphone, loud-hailer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Iʼll press the trigger, and with a loud squeal of ear-piercing feedback, the bullhorn buzzes to staticky life.
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