Definitions for soapbox
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
soap′box`(n.)
or soap′ box`
an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech or political harangue.
Origin of soapbox:
1650–60
Princeton's WordNet
soapbox(noun)
a crate for packing soap
dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox(noun)
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Wiktionary
soapbox(Noun)
A crate for packing soap, or, by extension, any inexpensive crude platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it, especially when used for speeches.
The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.
soapbox(Noun)
A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.
He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.
soapbox(Noun)
a soapbox car
soapbox(Verb)
To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"soapbox." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/soapbox>.