soapbox

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A crate for packing soap.
2. isim A small platform, being or resembling a literal soapbox, on which a person stands in order to give an impromptu speech or espouse their views.

   “The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophecy of the end of the world.”

3. isim A platform or outlet, such as a media platform, that a person uses to express their opinions.

   “The politician used Twitter as his soapbox.”

4. isim A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic.

   “He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.”

5. isim The topic itself.

   “His soapbox is the lack of public toilets in the city.”

6. isim A soapbox car.
7. fiil To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.

   “He soapboxed for whales and pressed us to write petitions and demonstrate with him—he as the leader, we as followers.”