definitions soap box 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 taba scolding or a long or intense verbal attack diatribe taba long passionate and vehement speech esp one delivered before a public gathering tabany long pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature sermonizing lecture or discourse kangaroo court noun 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 tabany crudely or irregularly operated court esp one so controlled as to render a fair trial impossible