trumpet

[ truhm-pit ]

/ ˈtrʌm pɪt /

See synonyms for: trumpet / trumpeted / trumpeting on Thesaurus.com

noun

Music.

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.
an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
a trumpeter.

something used as or resembling a trumpet, especially in sound.

a sound like that of a trumpet.

the loud shrill cry of an animal, especially an elephant.

ear trumpet.

trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.

verb (used without object)

to blow a trumpet.

to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.

verb (used with object)

to sound on a trumpet.

to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.

to proclaim loudly or widely.

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Origin of trumpet

1300–50; Middle English trumpette, trompette<French, equivalent to trompetrump² + -ette-et

OTHER WORDS FROM trumpet

trum·pet·less, adjectivetrum·pet·like, adjectiveun·trum·pet·ed, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for trumpet

While the President was trumpeting amnesty, The New York Times reported on how manufacturing jobs were paying less and less.
With Immigration Move, Obama and the Welfare Party Strike Again|Lloyd Green|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Internet exploded with glee, with sites from the Washington Post to Buzzfeed to Gawker trumpeting the debate.
Idaho’s Freakshow Debate|Ben Jacobs|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Strong Kabul governments before the Soviet invasion of 1979 never tired of trumpeting various territorial claims on Pakistan.
Pakistan’s Sinister Use of Prisoners|Ron Moreau|January 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet here is Speaker Boehner now trumpeting his eagerness for a sequester.
What's the Plan, Speaker Boehner?|David Frum|January 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Yet they are trumpeting it as a kind of "victory," because they fought Israel and survived.
The Palestinian Choice—And Ours|Hussein Ibish|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The roar of the furnaces could be heard in the trumpeting of the funnels.
The Mystery of the Sea|Bram Stoker
The brute made a noise exactly like the water running out of a bath, a sort of choked, trumpeting noise.
The Secret Service Submarine|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Away dashed the herd, trumpeting and screaming as they rushed through the high grass.
The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon|Samuel White Baker
A booming, trumpeting bark of warning sprang into Lad's throat—and died there.
Lad: A Dog|Albert Payson Terhune
Barritus is the word used for the trumpeting of an elephant.
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus|Ammianus Marcellinus

British Dictionary definitions for trumpet

trumpet

/ (ˈtrʌmpɪt) /

noun

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

any instrument consisting of a valveless tube ending in a bell, esp a straight instrument used for fanfares, signals, etc

a person who plays a trumpet in an orchestra

a loud sound such as that of a trumpet, esp when made by an animalthe trumpet of the elephants

an eight-foot reed stop on an organ

something resembling a trumpet in shape, esp in having a flared bell

short for ear trumpet

blow one's own trumpet to boast about oneself; brag

verb -pets, -peting or -peted

to proclaim or sound loudly

Derived forms of trumpet

trumpet-like, adjective

Word Origin for trumpet

C13: from Old French trompette a little trump ²

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Cultural definitions for trumpet

trumpet

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

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