tannoy
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, colloquial) A public address system.
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(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, colloquial) A public address system.
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(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, ambitransitive) To transmit, or communicate with, by means of a public address system.
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- 📢61%
A grey loudspeaker / public-address horn, with sound waves emerging. Means announcement, "everyone listen up", important news, or — sarcastically — "saying the obvious loudly". Common at the top of announcement posts, group-chat notices and PSA-style content. Reads slightly louder / more urgent than 📣 (megaphone).
- loudhailer58%
(UK, Irish) A megaphone or bullhorn.
- tanty56%
(AU, slang) A tantrum.
- annunciator54%
Anything that announces something.