tannoy
English
Etymology
A genericised trademark of Tannoy Ltd, a manufacturer of public address systems. "Tannoy" is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company.
Verb
tannoy (third-person singular simple present tannoys, present participle tannoying, simple past and past participle tannoyed)
- (Britain, transitive, intransitive) To transmit, or communicate with, by means of a public address system.
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