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.

   3. a trumpeter.

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. ear trumpet.

6. 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

/ ˈtrʌmpɪt /

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. to boast about oneself; brag

verb

1. to proclaim or sound loudly

trumpet

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

Other Word Forms

• trumpetless adjective
• trumpetlike adjective
• untrumpeted adjective
• trumpet-like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of trumpet¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trumpet¹

C13: from Old French trompette a little _trump ²

Example Sentences

I mean, it’s not that I don’t see the wedding announcements in the paper that trumpet late-in-life unions.

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Netball England trumpets participation numbers, but football, rugby and cricket are also appealing to women and girls.

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Instead of trumpeting on “ideas or ideals” as the core focus of America’s vision, the president’s letter points to “culture and tradition,” David Graham observed in The Atlantic.

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The party trumpeted itself as "the natural party of business" and Rachel Reeves told anyone and everyone that this would be "the most pro-business government this country has ever seen".

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Lindsay Lohan marked her own transition to adulthood with a Rolling Stone cover that trumpeted: “Hot, Ready and Legal!”

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Related Words

• advertise 
• proclaim 
• publish 
• tout