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Definition of Trumpet

1. Verb. Proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet. "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"

2. Noun. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves.

3. Verb. Play or blow on the trumpet.

4. Verb. Utter in trumpet-like sounds. "The woods trumpet with many kinds of birds "; "Elephants are trumpeting"

Definition of Trumpet

1. n. A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.

2. v. t. To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.

3. v. i. To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

Definition of Trumpet

1. Noun. A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat. ¹

2. Noun. In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician that plays the trumpet. ¹

3. Noun. The cry of an elephant. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To play the trumpet. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trumpet

1. to sound on a trumpet (a brass wind instrument) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Trumpet

1. 1. A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. "The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms." (Dryden) 2. A trumpeter. 3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it. "That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . To be the trumpet of his praises." (Dryden) 4. A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine. Ear trumpet. See Ear. Sea trumpet See Trumpetwood. Origin: F. Trompette, dim. Of trompe. See Trump a trumpet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trumpet

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