Illustration of trumpet
- trumpet 1a
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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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Chris Morris, Variety, 10 Jan. 2026
He was raised in the suburb of Atherton, picking up piano and trumpet until finally picking up the guitar at age 13.
—Michelle Hyun Kim, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2026
Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
Like almost every mayor in the past 50 years, Zohran Mamdani will come into office trumpeting New York’s most ambitious affordable-housing program — and, as with his predecessors, the claim will be longer on slogan than on plan.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
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Noun
After brief studies on the piano and trumpet that disrupted the household, Weir took up the acoustic guitar at 13.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 10 Jan. 2026
He was raised in the suburb of Atherton, picking up piano and trumpet until finally picking up the guitar at age 13.
—Michelle Hyun Kim, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
The drop in crime is a feather in the cap for NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who, in her 13 months as the NYPD’s top cop, has repeatedly trumpeted her precision-policing model to crimefighting in which the department sends teams of cops to high-crime areas to tamp down violence.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
Like almost every mayor in the past 50 years, Zohran Mamdani will come into office trumpeting New York’s most ambitious affordable-housing program — and, as with his predecessors, the claim will be longer on slogan than on plan.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 13 Jan. 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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