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trumpet

trum·pet

UK/ˈtɹʌmpɪt/ US/ˈtrʌmpʌt/ fairly common slang us
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

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verb

1.

proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet

  • “Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty”
2.

play or blow on the trumpet

3.

utter in trumpet-like sounds

  • “Elephants are trumpeting”

Origin

From Middle English trumpet, trumpette, trompette (“trumpet”), from Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”), Old Norse trumba (“pipe; trumpet”). More at drum. Displaced native English beme, from Middle English beme, from Old English bīeme.

Phrases

  • angel's trumpet
  • Bach trumpet
  • black trumpet
  • blow one's own trumpet
  • blow someone's trumpet
  • Chinese trumpet vine
  • devil's trumpet
  • Donald Trumpet
  • trumpet player

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