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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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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Jacob Toney, Cascade High A senior trumpet player and section leader who plays in the marching, concert and jazz bands.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
From homeless child to career sales of $2B, Marco Robinson‘s website trumpets a remarkable rags-to-riches journey.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The famed actor played the French horn and trumpet in his school orchestra between the fifth and twelfth grades.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Jacob Toney, Cascade High A senior trumpet player and section leader who plays in the marching, concert and jazz bands.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
From homeless child to career sales of $2B, Marco Robinson‘s website trumpets a remarkable rags-to-riches journey.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 8 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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