Illustration of trumpet
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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 2½ 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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Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Aamir Bhiyani’s trumpet enters only halfway through, occupying a higher frequency range to cut through the dense percussive spiral.
—Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
As the title implies, the show trumpets the artist’s idiosyncrasy, which feels ever more at odds with the cultural moment.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
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Noun
Mar works with meat the way Miles Davis worked with a trumpet, or Shohei Ohtani works with a baseball.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Aamir Bhiyani’s trumpet enters only halfway through, occupying a higher frequency range to cut through the dense percussive spiral.
—Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
Verb
Officials have in the past touted the 77th Street gang unit as one of the department’s best, trumpeting its arrests and seizures of gun and drugs on social media.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
As the title implies, the show trumpets the artist’s idiosyncrasy, which feels ever more at odds with the cultural moment.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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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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