Uk English Meaning of trumpet

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Definitions and Meaning of trumpet in English

Wordnet

trumpet (n)

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

Wordnet

trumpet (v)

proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet

play or blow on the trumpet

utter in trumpet-like sounds

Webster

trumpet (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.

A trumpeter.

One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

Webster

trumpet (v. t.)

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

Webster

trumpet (v. i.)

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

FAQs About the word trumpet

trumpet

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trumpery => trumpery, trumped-up => trumped-up, trumped => beat, trump up => Trump up, trump out => trounce,