TRUMPET
\tɹˈʌmpɪt], \tɹˈʌmpɪt], \t_ɹ_ˈʌ_m_p_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of TRUMPET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting"
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proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"
By Princeton University
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utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting"
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proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
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A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
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To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.
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To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
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A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
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To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.
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To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.
By Noah Webster.
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A metal wind instrument formed of a single curved tube with a flare at the end; a sound like that of this instrument; an instrument to aid the deaf to hear.
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To publish by, or as by, the sound of such an instrument; noise abroad.
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To utter a sound like that of a trumpet.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A wind instrument of music with a ringing and clear tone, used chiefly in war and in military music: (fig.) one who praises.
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To publish by trumpet: to proclaim: to sound the praises of.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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