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trumpet

[ truhm-pit ]

noun

  1. Music.
    1. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other.
    2. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
  2. something used as or resembling a trumpet, especially in sound.
  3. a sound like that of a trumpet.
  4. the loud shrill cry of an animal, especially an elephant.
  5. trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.


verb (used without object)

  1. to blow a trumpet.
  2. to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.

verb (used with object)

  1. to sound on a trumpet.
  2. to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.
  3. to proclaim loudly or widely.

trumpet

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noun

  1. a valved brass instrument of brilliant tone consisting of a narrow tube of cylindrical bore ending in a flared bell, normally pitched in B flat. Range: two and a half octaves upwards from F sharp on the fourth line of the bass staff
  2. any instrument consisting of a valveless tube ending in a bell, esp a straight instrument used for fanfares, signals, etc
  3. a person who plays a trumpet in an orchestra
  4. a loud sound such as that of a trumpet, esp when made by an animal

    the trumpet of the elephants

  5. an eight-foot reed stop on an organ
  6. something resembling a trumpet in shape, esp in having a flared bell
  7. short for ear trumpet
  8. blow one's own trumpet
    to boast about oneself; brag
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to proclaim or sound loudly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

trumpet

  1. A brass instrument with a brilliant tone, much used in classical music , as well as in military music and jazz .
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Derived Forms

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trumpet1

1300–50; Middle English trumpette, trompette < French, equivalent to trompe trump 2 + -ette -et
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trumpet1

C13: from Old French trompette a little trump ²
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Trump has been advocating for tariffs since the campaign trail, trumpeting the idea that foreign countries have been ripping off the U.S. for decades.

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Handel delights in the blaring trumpet, the warbling flute, the miracle of harmony, the capacity of music to tame the savage beast and offer revelations of the beyond.

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But Labour trumpeted the idea of two Labour governments working better for Wales during last summer's general election.

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Online there is much debate as to what caused this trumpet temper tantrum.

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Musk has called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,†which is utterly untrue, and Trump has trumpeted claims that the system is rife with fraud — also untrue.

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