Definition of TRUMPET

trumpet

Plural: trumpets

Noun

  • a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
  • A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
  • Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
  • The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
  • One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
  • A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
  • A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.
  • A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.
  • Any of various flowering plants with trumpet-shaped flowers, for example, of the genus Collomia.
  • A supporter of Donald Trump, especially a fervent one.

Verb

Verb Forms: trumpeted, trumpeting, trumpets

  • To proclaim loudly and widely, or to sound a trumpet.
  • proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
    • "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"
  • play or blow on the trumpet
  • utter in trumpet-like sounds
    • "Elephants are trumpeting"
  • To sound loudly, be amplified
  • To play the trumpet.
  • Of an elephant, to make its cry.
  • To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.
  • To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically

Examples

  • Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
  • Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
  • He wanted to ’trumpet’ his perfect seven-letter word to the whole world, but settled for a quiet smile.
  • The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
  • The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
  • The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
  • The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
  • The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 11

trumpet: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
trumpet: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
trumpet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

trumpet: valid Words With Friends Word