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: 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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Becca Longmire, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
As a result, his days as a trumpet player were over: The pressure from the exertion of blowing on the horn could threaten his brain arteries.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Likewise, Turning Point’s political wing once trumpeted its plans to raise more than $100 million for a get-out-the-vote operation that would include Arizona among other presidential swing states.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Born on March 14, 1933, the Chicago native first rose to prominence as a trumpet player in bands for jazz music greats including Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
As a result, his days as a trumpet player were over: The pressure from the exertion of blowing on the horn could threaten his brain arteries.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
Multiple sheriffs aligned with Mack, including Chris Schmaling of Racine County, Wisconsin, and Calvin Hayden of Johnson County, Kansas, have trumpeted their ongoing election fraud investigations.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Likewise, Turning Point’s political wing once trumpeted its plans to raise more than $100 million for a get-out-the-vote operation that would include Arizona among other presidential swing states.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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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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