loud-hailv.
/ˌlaʊdˈheɪl/, U.S. /ˈlaʊdˌheɪl/ transitive and intransitive. To speak or call through a loudhailer; to address (someone) through a loudhailer; also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] > call
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > call
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1964 ‘R. Petrie’ Murder by Precedent i. 19 I'd just left again and gone to Despatch when they loud-hailed me.
1969 C. Carfax Silence with Voices xviii. 129 She went back into the cabin after Dr Ford loud-hailed her.
1969 J. Elliot Duel i. ii. 43 ‘The extraordinary thing is——’ Harry loud-hailed so that people at the next table were forced to listen.
Derivatives
loud-hailing adj. and n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [adjective] > speaking trumpet or tube
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call
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1943 Combined Operations, 1940–42 (Min. of Information) xvii. 130 We ‘closed’ the ‘Calpe’, struggling with our loud-hailing equipment which remained resolutely silent.
1965 Listener 3 June 837/1 Ku Klux Klan men, assorted torchbearers,..and a loud-hailing director.
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