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a
: a wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell
specifically
: a valved brass instrument having a cylindrical tube with two turns and a usual range from F sharp below middle C upward for 2¹/₂ octaves
b
: a musical instrument (such as a cornet) resembling a trumpet
2
: a trumpet player
3
: something that resembles a trumpet or its tonal quality: such as
a
: a funnel-shaped instrument (such as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound
b(1)
: a stentorian voice
(2)
: a penetrating cry (as of an elephant)
trumpeted; trumpeting; trumpets
: to sound or proclaim on or as if on a trumpet
trumpet the news
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Examples of trumpet in a Sentence
Noun
the trumpet of a flower
Verb
He likes to trumpet his own achievements.
The law was trumpeted as a solution to everything.
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Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Lester picked up a trumpet for the first time in 1948.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
Saturday’s College GameDay banger should trumpet a phenomenal overall campaign for the SEC.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Out-of-towners crowd the sidewalk to listen to a brass band, the trombones, trumpets and saxophone blaring over the march of the tuba and percussion.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Lester picked up a trumpet for the first time in 1948.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
Still, companies that trade on the Swiss Made label are not trumpeting the Asia connection, though some are more open than others about using the continent’s factories.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
Saturday’s College GameDay banger should trumpet a phenomenal overall campaign for the SEC.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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trumpet
1 of 2 noun
trum·pet
ˈtrəm-pət 
1
: a wind instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube commonly once or twice curved and ending in a bell
2
: something shaped like a trumpet
3
: a sound like that of a trumpet
trumpet
2 of 2 verb1
: to blow a trumpet
2
: to make a sound like that of a trumpet
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