tannoy

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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tannoy (plural tannoys)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A public address system.
    • 2020 August 12, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 70:
      Terry Putnam, from Weymouth, adds: "Riding home from Bristol a few days ago, as we approached Weymouth the guard announced over the tannoy 'The next station is Weymouth - please remember to take all your luggage and children with you...'"

Verb

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tannoy (third-person singular simple present tannoys, present participle tannoying, simple past and past participle tannoyed)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, transitive, intransitive) To transmit, or communicate with, by means of a public address system.

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