Definition of trumpet
1a : 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 octavesb : 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 asa : a funnel-shaped instrument (such as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying soundb (1) : a stentorian voice (2) : a penetrating cry (as of an elephant)
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Examples of trumpet in a Sentence
the trumpet of a flower
Recent Examples of trumpet from the Web
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Dolores's second son Wynton Marsalis, whose mastery of both jazz and classical trumpet earned him a Pulitzer Prize and a position as director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, recalled that his mother reigned over a rambunctious household.
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Music teachers showed children how to properly hold and play a variety of instruments, including a child-sized violin, cello, guitar, ukulele and tambourine and well as a full-size flute, keyboard, trumpet and trombone.
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From left: Current/Elliott The kick jeans, $200, Net-a-Porter; Mango Flare trumpet jeans, $59.99, Mango.
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There have been several with each kid, but perhaps one of the funniest and most embarrassing was when Zade was a freshman trumpet player in the Homewood High School Band.
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The band includes two vocalists, guitar, bass, drums, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and keyboard — the horn section joined eight months ago.
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A retired Overland Park police detective, Erik is catching his second creative wind playing trumpet for a number of venues and serving as executive director of the Kansas City Wind Symphony.
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A 1966 graduate of Glenbard East, Kellan played the trumpet in the school's band.
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Scott would later contribute to the Metro Songs project, playing trumpet in the band that Mendelson formed to showcase his work.
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Origin and Etymology of trumpet
Middle English trompette, from Anglo-French, from trumpe trump
trumpet
Definition of trumpet
intransitive verb
1 : to blow a trumpet
2 : to make a sound suggestive of that of a trumpet
transitive verb
: to sound or proclaim on or as if on a trumpet trumpet the news
Examples of trumpet in a Sentence
He likes to trumpet his own achievements.
The law was trumpeted as a solution to everything.
Recent Examples of trumpet from the Web
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The new government trumpeted programmes to supercharge foreign investment, support industry and deliver better services.
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Its 2015 annual report, for example, trumpeted the financing of a big supermarket in Côte d’Ivoire as typical of its contribution to African development.
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Erik Hulse isn’t one to trumpet his cooking abilities without giving credit to his Indonesian-Dutch mother, Else Hulse.
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If so inclined, trumpet the happenings in Costa Mesa and Carson as a campaign to Make the Chargers* Great Again (MCGA!).
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So were the father and grandfather of Del Mazo, who is himself a distant cousin of the president — a fact often trumpeted by opponents hoping to capitalize on Pena Nieto’s low popularity.
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A European Union-China summit in Brussels Friday provided a platform for both sides to trumpet their support for climate policies and clean energy.
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OneCoin loudly trumpeted its use of blockchain technology, but holes in that claim were visible long before international law enforcement took notice.
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That’s given the Trump administration a rhetorical opening to trumpet the hat-ready slogan.
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First Known Use of trumpet
1530
TRUMPET Defined for English Language Learners
trumpet
playDefinition of trumpet for English Language Learners
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: a brass musical instrument that you blow into that has three buttons which you press to play different notes
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: something shaped like a trumpet
trumpet
Definition of trumpet for English Language Learners
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: to praise (something) loudly and publicly especially in a way that is annoying
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: to make a sound like a trumpet
TRUMPET Defined for Kids
Definition of trumpet for Students
1 : a brass musical instrument that consists of a tube formed into a long loop with a wide opening at one end and that has valves by which different tones are produced
2 : something that is shaped like a trumpet the trumpet of a lily
Definition of trumpet for Students
trumpeted
;trumpeting
1 : to blow a trumpet
2 : to make a sound like that of a trumpet The elephant trumpeted loudly.
3 : to praise (something) loudly and publicly
trumpeter
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