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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trum•pet /ˈtrʌmpɪt/USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dance
- Music and Dancea brass wind instrument consisting of a tube curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a wide bell at the other: [countable]a beautiful trumpet.[uncountable]plays trumpet for the band.
- [countable] a sound like that of a trumpet.
v. - to blow a trumpet and produce a tone, etc.: [~ + object]She trumpeted the song.[no object]She trumpeted for years in a jazz band.
- to give out a loud, trumpetlike cry: [~ + object]The elephant trumpeted a cry of warning.[no object]elephants trumpeting.
- to announce or make known loudly or widely: [~ + object]The president trumpeted his new plan.[used with quotations]"This will work!'' he trumpeted.
trum•pet•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trum•pet (trum′pit),USA pronunciation n. - [Music.]
- Music and Danceany 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.
- Music and Dancean organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
- Music and Dancea trumpeter.
- something used as or resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound.
- a sound like that of a trumpet.
- the loud shrill cry of an animal, esp. an elephant.
- See ear trumpet.
- Plant Biology trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.
v.i. - to blow a trumpet.
- to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.
v.t. - to sound on a trumpet.
- to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.
- to proclaim loudly or widely.
- French, equivalent. to trompe trump2 + -ette -et
- Middle English trumpette, trompette 1300–50
trum′pet•less, adj. trum′pet•like′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trumpet /ˈtrʌmpɪt/ n - 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
- any instrument consisting of a valveless tube ending in a bell, esp a straight instrument used for fanfares, signals, etc
- a loud sound such as that of a trumpet, esp when made by an animal
- an eight-foot reed stop on an organ
- something resembling a trumpet in shape, esp in having a flared bell
- short for ear trumpet
- blow one's own trumpet ⇒ to boast about oneself; brag
vb ( -pets, -peting, -peted)- to proclaim or sound loudly
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French trompette a little trump² |