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Definitions for Trumpet

[1] Music . any 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. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
[2] something used as or resembling a trumpet, especially in sound.
[3] a sound like that of a trumpet.
[4] the loud shrill cry of an animal, especially an elephant.
[5] ear trumpet.
[6] trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.
[7] to blow a trumpet.
[8] to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.
[9] to sound on a trumpet.
[10] to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.
[11] to proclaim loudly or widely.
[12] 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
[13] any instrument consisting of a valveless tube ending in a bell, esp a straight instrument used for fanfares, signals, etc
[14] a person who plays a trumpet in an orchestra
[15] a loud sound such as that of a trumpet, esp when made by an animal the trumpet of the elephants
[16] an eight-foot reed stop on an organ
[17] something resembling a trumpet in shape, esp in having a flared bell
[18] short for ear trumpet
[19] blow one's own trumpet to boast about oneself; brag
[20] to proclaim or sound loudly

Words related to Trumpet

advertise, tout, publish, proclaim, instrument, cornet, clarion, shophar, horn, herald

Words nearby Trumpet

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Origin of Trumpet

1300–50; Middle English trumpette, trompette < French, equivalent to trompe trump2 + -ette -et

Other words from Trumpet

trum·pet·less , adjective
trum·pet·like , adjective
un·trum·pet·ed , adjective

Word origin for Trumpet

C13: from Old French trompette a little trump ²

Synonyms for Trumpet

clarion, cornet, horn, instrument, shophar