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trumpet

noun

1 trumpet

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

synonyms: cornet, horn, trump.

Roget 722: warfare; fighting etc. v.; hostilities; war, arms, the sword; Mars, Bellona, grim visaged war, horrida bella [Lat.]; bloodshed.    appeal to arms, ... show more

Roget 417: musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina.    [Stringed instruments], monochord, polychord; harp, lyre, lute, archlute; mandola, ... show more

Dutch: trompetist, cornet, cornet à pistons, kornet, trompet

verb

1 trumpet

Proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet.

Roget 884: boast, make a boast of, brag, vaunt, Puff, show off, flourish, crake, crack, trumpet, strut, swagger, vapor; blague, ... show more

2 trumpet

Play or blow on the trumpet.

Dutch: trompetten

3 trumpet

Utter in trumpet-like sounds.


Moby thesaurus: English horn, adulate, advertise, air, alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, apotheosize, bagpipe, ballad horn, ballyhoo, baritone, bark, bass horn, bassoon, bawl, bay, beep, belaud ... show more.

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