Definitions Soap box 1 TABAlso soap box an improvised platform as one on a street from which a speaker delivers an informal speech an appeal or political harangue ha rangue h r Show Spelled Pronunciation huh rang Show IPA noun verb rangued rangu ing noun 1 TABa scolding or a long or intense verbal attack diatribe 2 TABa long passionate and vehement speech esp one delivered before a public gathering 3 TABany long pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature sermonizing lecture or discourse kangaroo court noun 1 TABa self appointed or mob operated tribunal that disregards or parodies existing principles of law or human rights esp one in a frontier area or among criminals in prison 2 TABany crudely or irregularly operated court esp one so controlled as to render a fair trial impossible