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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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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
There are trumpets playing bird sounds and audio of news events like presidential debates layered within the score, for instance.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Hobbs traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border on Monday to trumpet her state’s National Guard work helping to crack down on smuggling of the deadly synthetic opioid into the U.S. through Nogales, Ariz..
—Anita Snow, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Jamie French, Pearl-Cohn High: A freshman trumpet player who had never played before joining the Pearl-Cohn band in recent months.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
There are trumpets playing bird sounds and audio of news events like presidential debates layered within the score, for instance.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
Leung, 79, was detained in 2021 on trumpeted up spying charges.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Hobbs traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border on Monday to trumpet her state’s National Guard work helping to crack down on smuggling of the deadly synthetic opioid into the U.S. through Nogales, Ariz..
—Anita Snow, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 7 Jan. 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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