megaphone

(megə fōn′)

noun

a large, funnel-shaped device for increasing the volume of the voice and directing it

Origin: mega- + -phone

transitive verb, intransitive verb megaphoned, megaphoning

to magnify or direct (the voice) with or as with a megaphone

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See megaphone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
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.

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  • megˌa·phonˈic (-fŏnˈĭk) adjective
  • megˌa·phonˈi·cal·ly adverb

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