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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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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
An actual red carpet was rolled out for Trump as Macron bestowed the kind of full diplomatic welcome that France offers sitting American presidents, complete with trumpets blaring and members of the Republican Guard in full uniform.
—Sylvie Corbet, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
A day earlier, Georgia’s NIL arm, the Classic City Collective, trumpeted its biggest day ever for adding new members.
—Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Luckily, McDonald’s operatic soprano does much of that bridging work, connecting her Rose not to the bright trumpet hotcha of vaudeville but to the mad arias of Lucia di Lammermoor.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
An actual red carpet was rolled out for Trump as Macron bestowed the kind of full diplomatic welcome that France offers sitting American presidents, complete with trumpets blaring and members of the Republican Guard in full uniform.
—Sylvie Corbet, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
The club trumpeted his appointment 19 months prior.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
A day earlier, Georgia’s NIL arm, the Classic City Collective, trumpeted its biggest day ever for adding new members.
—Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 3 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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