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hailer

hailer

3 6.1
A person or device that calls out loudly to get attention from far away
  • noun
  • /ˈheɪlər/
translation icon : gritón
  • He'd go over to you, whoever it looked like was being a spokesman, if they had the loud hailer or something, and say, glad you're here, what's on your mind?
  • a loud hailer

Examples

  • (Over loud-hailer)

    Hard Rain (1998)

  • Murphy reaches for the mic, hits the LOUD HAILER. MURPHY Chimera. EXT. ARCTIC WARRIOR - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT

    Fiction book (2002)

  • it's hailer

    Northpole: Open for Christmas (2015)

  • MURPHY (O.S. LOUD HAILER)

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The coach used a loud hailer to call the players back to the field during practice.

  • During the rescue operation, the team used a hailer to direct the searchers over the loud noise of the helicopter.

  • At the protest, activists carried hailers to ensure their messages were heard over the crowd.

Synonyms

caller
vshailer
127 4.0

A person who calls out instructions at events like dances

is intended mainly to call loudly across distance rather than to announce formally
buzzer
vshailer
104 1.0

A small machine that makes a low, repeating sound to tell people something

uses loud vocal sound or voice amplification rather than a buzzing signal
yeller
vshailer
9 8.2

A person who shouts loudly to get attention

can be either a person or a device used to attract distant attention
shouter
vshailer
2 3.9

A person who speaks very loudly to be heard

focuses on loud calling aimed specifically at attracting attention over distance
loud hailer
vshailer
  • UK
5.1

A small speaker you hold to make your voice louder

is a person or device that calls loudly without needing electronic amplification
screecher
vshailer
  • Informal
7.9

A person who speaks or shouts in a very loud, high voice

is loud to attract attention but not defined by high pitch

Compounds

loud hailer
  • UK
5.1

A small speaker you hold to make your voice louder

loud-hailer
  • UK
5.8

A portable speaker with a microphone that makes a voice louder for people farther away to hear

loud-hailer
  • UK
7.6

A person who loudly repeats a group's message to many people

How Loud

town crier
  • Archaic
2 9.5
shouter
2 3.9
hailer
3 6.1
caller
127 4.0

Surface Forms

hailer singular
hailers plural

Morphology

hailer = hail (transparent) = hail + er

Formed by the verb 'hail' + agentive suffix '-er'; meaning 'one who hails' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Hailer comes from the old verb hail, which means 'to call out' or 'to get attention', as in 'hail a taxi'. So a hailer is someone or something that calls loudly to attract attention.