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Trumpet

ˈtrʌmpɪt

Trumpet definitions
noun
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  1. a brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone. The modern instrument has the tubing looped to form a straight-sided coil, with three valves
    • an organ reed stop with a quality resembling that of a trumpet
    • a sound resembling that of a trumpet, especially the loud cry of an elephant

      "his voice blazed to a trumpet in his indignation"

    • something shaped like a trumpet, especially the tubular corona of a daffodil flower
  2. a North American pitcher plant
verb
trumpets trumpeting trumpeted trumpet
  1. play a trumpet

    "a jazz band trumpeted on the stage behind, and the kids danced until dark"

    • make a loud, penetrating sound resembling that of a trumpet

      "wild elephants trumpeting in the bush"

  2. proclaim widely or loudly

    "the next day, the press trumpeted the birth of a new star"