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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Noun
Here, archaeologists uncovered clay sculptures, conch shell trumpets and ceremonial tools.—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 Sherman played guitar, piano, trumpet, trombone, French horn and drums while growing up, practicing in the soundproof room at home that his dad had built for him.—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
Verb
Musk touts erratic chatbot One day after his chatbot Grok had a Nazi meltdown, Elon Musk trumpeted the launch of Grok 4 in an hourlong, late-night live demo.—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 11 July 2025 Transportation officials, meanwhile, consistently trumpet the Bridge Spence Bridge project as essential to the flow of traffic and transport of goods.—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for trumpet
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English trompette, from Anglo-French, from trumpe trump
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