tucket

[ tuhk-it ]

noun
  1. a trumpet fanfare.

Origin of tucket

1
First recorded in 1585–95; tuck4 + -et

Words Nearby tucket

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How to use tucket in a sentence

  • A tucket of trumpets sounded, silvery and thin through the cold grey air: a page came running with his sallete-helmet.

    The Fifth Queen | Ford Madox Ford
  • When the head of the column reached the edge of the gloomy forest a tucket sounded and the soldiers came to a halt.

    The Winning of the Golden Spurs | Percy F. Westerman
  • Did you hear the sounding of the tucket-sonuance in yonder yard?

    The Red Tavern | Charles Raymond Macauley
  • The next morning he was viewing the sunrise from the deck, when Seth tucket came to his side.

    The Drummer Boy | John Trowbridge
  • "The sight of old Buckley coming with his dog would be better than a surgeon, to cure that wound," said tucket.

    The Drummer Boy | John Trowbridge

British Dictionary definitions for tucket

tucket

/ (ˈtʌkɪt) /


noun
  1. archaic a flourish on a trumpet

Origin of tucket

1
C16: from Old Northern French toquer to sound (on a drum)

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