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soapbox - 2 dictionary results

soap⋅box

[sohp-boks]
–noun
1. Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
–adjective
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a speaker or speech from a soapbox.

Origin:
1650–60; soap + box 1
soap·box   (sōp'bŏks')   
n.  
  1. A carton in which soap is packed.
  2. A temporary platform used while making an impromptu or nonofficial public speech.
intr.v.   soap·boxed, soap·box·ing, soap·box·es Informal
To engage in impromptu or nonofficial public speaking, often flamboyantly.
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