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trumpet

[truhm-pit]

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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.

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.

Origin of trumpet

1300–50; Middle English trumpette, trompette < French, equivalent to trompe trump² + -ette -et

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

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Related Words for trumpeting

advertise, tout, publish, proclaim, herald

Examples from the Web for trumpeting

Contemporary Examples of trumpeting

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
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
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
Yet here is Speaker Boehner now trumpeting his eagerness for a sequester.
What's the Plan, Speaker Boehner?
David Frum
January 7, 2013
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

Historical Examples of trumpeting

Its voice was not the trumpeting of the disreputable goddess we all know—not blatant—not brazen.
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
Kari raised his trunk and silenced their silly chatter by trumpeting.
Kari the Elephant
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Kari, who was afraid of fire, as all animals are, was trumpeting angrily.
Kari the Elephant
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
I was awakened by a terrible cry from the monkey and a trumpeting from the elephant.
Kari the Elephant
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
The elephants are now trumpeting impatiently for inspection.
East of Suez
Frederic Courtland Penfield

British Dictionary definitions for trumpeting

trumpet

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 Formstrumpet-like, adjective

Word Origin for trumpet

C13: from Old French trompette a little trump ²

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Word Origin and History for trumpeting

trumpet

n.

c.1300, from Old French trompette "trumpet," diminutive of trompe (see trump (n.2)). The verb is recorded from 1520s; figurative sense of "to proclaim, extol" is attested from 1580s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

trumpeting in Culture

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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