Synonyms for megaphone


Grammar : Noun
Spell : meg-uh-fohn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛg əˌfoʊn


Définition of megaphone

Origin :
  • 1878, coined (perhaps by Thomas Edison, who invented it) from Greek megas "great" (see mega-) + phone "voice" (see fame (n.)). Related: Megaphonic. In Greek, megalophonia meant "grandiloquence," megalophonos "loud-voiced."
  • As in loudspeaker : noun speaker
Example sentences :
  • In this hush the megaphone was lifted slightly and dropped, making us all start.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • Then he went to the corner of the office and picked up a megaphone.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • It was the voice of Mr. Isidore screeching upon him through the megaphone.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • "Jack Kilmeny will ride Teddy Roosevelt," blared the megaphone man.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • We need some sort of megaphone to enlarge the spirit-voices.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • Jim tossed his megaphone to the cement engineer and ran to meet the men.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • When they were within hailing distance of the lighter Mayo raised his megaphone.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • There was as much derision in the voice as can carry through a megaphone.
  • Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
  • Is this something you dreamed, Snick,” says I, “or is it a sample of your megaphone talk?
  • Extract from : « Odd Numbers » by Sewell Ford
  • Through his megaphone Darrin stated what he believed had taken place.
  • Extract from : « Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers » by H. Irving Hancock

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