trumpetnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtrʌm.pɪt/us/ˈtrʌm.pət/B1 a brass musical instrument consisting of a metal tube with one narrow end, into which the player blows, and one wide end. Three buttons are pressed in order to change notes.
Examples
- Hark, I hear a distant trumpet!
- Dizzy was a real killer on the trumpet.
- She's been making risible attempts to learn the trumpet.
- Ann blew a few notes on the trumpet.
- The trumpet and trombone are brass instruments.
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Musical instruments
- accordion
- alphorn
- alto
- alto recorder
- bagpipes
- dulcimer
- English horn
- euphonium
- fingerboard
- flugelhorn
- pick
- pitched
- plectrum
- reed
- reed instrument
- viol
- viola
- violin
- violoncello
- vuvuzela
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trumpetverb
uk/ˈtrʌm.pɪt/us/ˈtrʌm.pət/trumpet verb (ANIMAL CALL)
[ I ] (of a large animal, especially an elephant) to produce a loud call:
We could hear the elephants trumpeting in the distance.
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- whimper
- woof
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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trumpet verb (ANNOUNCE)
[ T ] mainly disapproving to announce or talk about something proudly to a lot of people:
The museum has been loudly trumpeting its reputation as one of the finest.
Their much-trumpeted "low low prices" affect only five percent of the goods that they sell.
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Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth
- advise
- advisement
- annunciation
- awake
- come out
- confront
- declare
- fyi
- give sb a heads up idiom
- hand
- head
- let sb know idiom
- official
- pronouncement
- put
- put sth out 1
- spread the word idiom
- tell
- unannounced
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