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  • noun UK A megaphone or bullhorn.

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Examples

  • There is a quote beloved of earnest young sportsmen, and the coaches shouting pick‑me-ups at them through a loudhailer: "Life is not a dress rehearsal."

    Sebastian Coe must be running on Jedi mind control| Emma John 2011

  • But then he found fresh aspects of Western foreign policy to trouble his sensitive conscience, and he restarted his "BL-iar" accusations through an ancient loudhailer.

    Railing Against ... Whatever 2010

  • It's a grotesque, misleading smear on a diverse group of individuals – a bit like claiming all Muslims are terrorists (which, coincidentally, the guy beside them is currently doing through a loudhailer).

    Buzzwords for blowhards 2010

  • "Widders," as she is never called to her face, combines the sartorial elan of the late President Theodore Roosevelt and the moral certitude of Joan of Arc. The voice is a quite remarkable instrument, not so much a larynx as a distorting loudhailer.

    The U.K.'s Most Terrifying Spinster 2010

  • "Widders," as she is never called to her face, combines the sartorial elan of the late President Theodore Roosevelt and the moral certitude of Joan of Arc. The voice is a quite remarkable instrument, not so much a larynx as a distorting loudhailer.

    The U.K.'s Most Terrifying Spinster 2010

  • But then he found fresh aspects of Western foreign policy to trouble his sensitive conscience, and he restarted his "BL-iar" accusations through an ancient loudhailer.

    Railing Against ... Whatever 2010

  • "Widders," as she is never called to her face, combines the sartorial elan of the late President Theodore Roosevelt and the moral certitude of Joan of Arc. The voice is a quite remarkable instrument, not so much a larynx as a distorting loudhailer.

    The U.K.'s Most Terrifying Spinster 2010

  • NGOs and the media were ordered through a loudhailer to move across the road and police on the scene did not want to speak to the media.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Uncle Satch was a real piece of work -- the quintessential Irishman with a big red face, loudhailer voice, shock of white hair, bawdy laugh, fiery temper and wicked sense of humor.

    Cathleen Falsani: It's What You Do, Not What You Say: Requiem For Uncle Satch 2008

  • Zwane, who will be wearing a lion mask and carrying a loudhailer, said he would make his attempt at 5pm.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

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