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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
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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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
That section’s willingness to hush itself contrasted mightily with the inability of the trumpets and trombones to do the same.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Ian Bremmer, Time, 24 May 2025
American diplomacy played an important role in tamping down previous conflicts over the territory in 1999 and 2019, but President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, respectively, were careful not to trumpet their interventions in those cases.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
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Noun
This trumpet player and composer, Rob Mazurek, plays with percussionist Chad Taylor in the band Chicago Underground.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
That section’s willingness to hush itself contrasted mightily with the inability of the trumpets and trombones to do the same.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
Merz wasted no time in trumpeting a plan to dramatically boost Germany’s role in Europe’s defense.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 24 May 2025
American diplomacy played an important role in tamping down previous conflicts over the territory in 1999 and 2019, but President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, respectively, were careful not to trumpet their interventions in those cases.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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