trumpet

[truhm-pit] /ˈtrʌm pɪt/
noun
1.
Music.
  1. 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.
  2. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
  3. a trumpeter.
2.
something used as or resembling a trumpet, especially in sound.
3.
a sound like that of a trumpet.
4.
the loud shrill cry of an animal, especially an elephant.
5.
ear trumpet.
6.
trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.
verb (used without object)
7.
to blow a trumpet.
8.
to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.
verb (used with object)
9.
to sound on a trumpet.
10.
to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.
11.
to proclaim loudly or widely.
Origin
1300-50; Middle English trumpette, trompette < French, equivalent to trompe trump2 + -ette -et
Related forms
trumpetless, adjective
trumpetlike, adjective
untrumpeted, adjective
Examples from the web for trumpet
  • Universities are serving themselves here as well, so that they can trumpet how diverse they are.
  • The beasts trumpet loudly, flap their ears and turn in circles.
  • First come the high clear notes of the ceremonial trumpet.
  • He owns television stations and newspapers that trumpet his causes and lambast his rivals.
  • Paper after paper begins with a trumpet fanfare and ends with a plaintive bleat.
  • No independent scientific researchers trumpet whole-language's virtues.
  • Private-label designers for major department stores trumpet the fidelity of their imitations.
  • But he cannot wait for his honor, now the trumpet has been blown.
  • His voice, once a mighty trumpet of faith, was soft and thin.
  • He has taught himself to play guitar, drums, piano and trumpet.
British Dictionary definitions for trumpet

trumpet

/ˈtrʌmpɪt/
noun
1.
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
2.
any instrument consisting of a valveless tube ending in a bell, esp a straight instrument used for fanfares, signals, etc
3.
a person who plays a trumpet in an orchestra
4.
a loud sound such as that of a trumpet, esp when made by an animal: the trumpet of the elephants
5.
an eight-foot reed stop on an organ
6.
something resembling a trumpet in shape, esp in having a flared bell
7.
short for ear trumpet
8.
blow one's own trumpet, to boast about oneself; brag
verb -pets, -peting, -peted
9.
to proclaim or sound loudly
Derived Forms
trumpet-like, adjective
Word Origin
C13: from Old French trompette a little trump²
Word Origin and History for 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.

trumpet in Culture

trumpet definition


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

trumpet in Technology

A news reader for Microsoft Windows, using the WinSock library. There is also an MS-DOS version. Trumpet is shareware from Australia.
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Encyclopedia Article for trumpet

in music, brass wind musical instrument sounded by lip vibration against a cup mouthpiece. Ethnologists and ethnomusicologists use the word trumpet for any lip-vibrated instrument, whether of horn, conch, reed, or wood, with a horn or gourd bell, as well as for the Western brass instrument. The technical distinction between trumpet and horn is that one-third of the tube length of a trumpet is conical and two-thirds is cylindrical, while the horn's tube is the opposite. Both types are found throughout the world. For example, non-Western long trumpets are as dispersed as the kakaki of West Africa, the Persian and Arab nafir, the laba of China, and the spectacular dung-chen of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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