soapbox

Plural: soapboxes

Noun

• A box for soap; also, a makeshift platform for public speaking.
• a crate for packing soap
• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
• A crate for packing soap.
• A small platform, being or resembling a literal soapbox, on which a person stands in order to give an impromptu speech or espouse his or her views.
• A platform or outlet, such as a media platform, that a person uses to express his or her opinions.
• A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic.
• A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic.
• The topic itself.
• A soapbox car.

Verb

• To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.

Examples

• He stood on his metaphorical soapbox, lecturing about proper Scrabble strategy.
• He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.
• His soapbox is the lack of public toilets in the city.
• Please stop using council meetings as your own personal soapbox.
• 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.
• The politician used Twitter as his soapbox.

Synonyms

ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, stump