trumpet

noun

/ˈtrʌmpɪt/

Idioms

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a brass musical instrument made of a curved metal tube that you blow into, with three valves for changing the note
- the shrill blast of a trumpet
Topics Musicb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- muted
verb + trumpet
- blow
- sound
trumpet + verb
- blare
- sound
trumpet + noun
- blast
- call
- fanfare
- …
phrases
- a blast of the trumpet
- a fanfare of trumpets
- a flourish of trumpets
- …
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a thing like a trumpet in shape, especially the open flower of a daffodil

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trompette, diminutive of trompe, of Germanic origin; probably imitative. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.

Idioms

blow your own trumpet (especially British English)

(North American English usually blow/toot your own horn)

(informal) to praise your own abilities and achievements synonym boastTopics Successc2

trumpet

verb

/ˈtrʌmpɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they trumpet	/ˈtrʌmpɪt/ /ˈtrʌmpɪt/
he / she / it trumpets	/ˈtrʌmpɪts/ /ˈtrʌmpɪts/
past simple trumpeted	/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪd/ /ˈtrʌmpɪtɪd/
past participle trumpeted	/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪd/ /ˈtrʌmpɪtɪd/
-ing form trumpeting	/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪŋ/ /ˈtrʌmpɪtɪŋ/

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[transitive] to talk or write about something publicly in a proud or enthusiastic way
- trumpet something to trumpet somebody’s achievements
- trumpet something as something Their marriage was trumpeted as the wedding of the year.
- + speech ‘PM heads for election landslide,’ trumpeted ‘The Times’ on 19 April.
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
[intransitive] (especially of an elephant ) to make a loud noise

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trompette, diminutive of trompe, of Germanic origin; probably imitative. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.