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Webster 1913 Edition

Trumpet

Trump′et

,
Noun.
[F.
trompette
, dim. of
trompe
. See
Trump
a trumpet.]
1.
(Mus.)
A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.
The
trumpet’s
loud clangor
Excites us to arms.
Dryden.
2.
(Mil.)
A trumpeter.
Clarendon.
3.
One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
Shak.
That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . to be the
trumpet
of his praises.
Dryden.
4.
(Mach)
A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
Ear trumpet
.
See under
Ear
.
–
Sea trumpet
(Bot.)
,
a great seaweed (
Ecklonia buccinalis
) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes.
–
Speaking trumpet
,
an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force.
–
Trumpet animalcule
(Zool.)
,
any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See
Stentor
.
–
Trumpet ash
(Bot.)
,
the trumpet creeper.
[Eng.]
–
Trumpet conch
(Zool.)
,
a trumpet shell, or triton.
–
Trumpet creeper
(Bot.)
,
an American climbing plant (
Tecoma radicans
) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; – called also
trumpet flower
, and in England
trumpet ash
.
–
Trumpet fish
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The bellows fish.
(b)
The fistularia.
–
Trumpet flower
.
(Bot.)
(a)
The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom.
(b)
The trumpet honeysuckle.
(c)
A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers.
–
Trumpet fly
(Zool.)
,
a botfly.
–
Trumpet honeysuckle
(Bot.)
,
a twining plant (
Lonicera sempervirens
) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; – called also
trumpet flower
.
–
Trumpet leaf
(Bot.)
,
a name of several plants of the genus
Sarracenia
.
–
Trumpet major
(Mil.)
,
the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment.
–
Trumpet marine
(Mus.)
,
a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; – said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to “its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape.”
Grove.
–
Trumpet shell
(Zool.)
,
any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See
Triton
, 2.
–
Trumpet tree
.
(Bot.)
See
Trumpetwood
.

Trump′et

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trumpeted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trumpeting
.]
[Cf. F.
trompeter
.]
To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim;
as, to
trumpet
good tidings
.
They did nothing but publish and
trumpet
all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish.
Bacon.

Trump′et

,
Verb.
I.
To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trumpet

TRUMP'ET

, n.
1.
A wind instrument of music, used chiefly in war and military exercises. It is very useful also at sea, in speaking with ships. There is a speaking trumpet, and a hearing trumpet. They both consist of long tubular bodies, nearly in the form of a parabolic conoid, with wide mouths.
The trumpet's loud clangor
Excites us to arms.
2.
In the military style, a trumpeter.
He wisely desired that a trumpet might be first sent for a pass.
3.
One who praises or propagates praise, or is the instrument or propagating it. A great politician was pleased to be the trumpet of his praises.

TRUMP'ET

,
Verb.
T.
To publish by sound of trumpet; also, to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.
They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish.

Definition 2024

trumpet

trumpet

English

A trumpet (sense 1).

Noun

trumpet ‎(plural trumpets)

  1. (music) 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.
    The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
  2. In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician that plays the trumpet.
    The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
  3. The cry of an elephant.
    The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
  4. (figuratively) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
    • Dryden
      That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times […] to be the trumpet of his praises.
  5. A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

Synonyms

  • (musical instrument): cornet

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Verb

trumpet ‎(third-person singular simple present trumpets, present participle trumpeting, simple past and past participle trumpeted)

  1. (intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified
    The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
  2. (intransitive) To play the trumpet.
    Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
  3. (intransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.
    The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
  4. (transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
    Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
    • Francis Bacon
      They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish.

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Etymology

From Middle English trumpette, trompette ‎(“trumpet”) from Old French trompette ‎(“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe ‎(“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba ‎(“trumpet”). Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba ‎(“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme ‎(“drum”), Middle Low German trumme ‎(“drum”). More at drum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌmpɪt/

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