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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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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Was put the band together after a friend, trumpet player Terence Blanchard, invited him to play as part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s jazz series.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Vought likewise trumpeted the funding freeze for a project to build a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York under the Hudson River, and to extend the Second Avenue subway in Manhattan, before the Department of Transportation formally announced the move.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Stop the trumpets, trombones and saxophones for a minute.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Was put the band together after a friend, trumpet player Terence Blanchard, invited him to play as part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s jazz series.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
Aaronson’s defensive reliability has been trumpeted by Daniel Farke this season.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Vought likewise trumpeted the funding freeze for a project to build a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York under the Hudson River, and to extend the Second Avenue subway in Manhattan, before the Department of Transportation formally announced the move.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 21 Oct. 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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