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Trumpet   /trˈəmpət/   Listen
Trumpet

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.  Synonyms: cornet, horn, trump.
verb
(past & past part. trumpeted; pres. part. trumpeting)
1.
Proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet.
2.
Play or blow on the trumpet.
3.
Utter in trumpet-like sounds.



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"Trumpet" Quotes from Famous Books



... satisfied of the identity of the creatures—had left their seats of granite and advanced to the edge of the lake. Not a sound was heard—no command from voice or trumpet or reed; they moved as with ...
— Under the Andes • Rex Stout
... which had been sworn. The spoils won from the conquered land consisted of eighty ships well laden with gold and precious goods of every kind the country possessed, while eighty noble Coreans were taken as hostages for the faith of the king. And now, with blare of trumpet and clash of weapons, with shouts of triumph and songs of praise to the gods, the fleet set sail for home. Two months had sufficed for the ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... the smugglers had slung across their shoulders. "Of course a rifle would be best, but a good musket and bayonet is worth a dozen of those blunderbusters. What do they call them? Bell-mouthed? Why, they are just like so many trumpet-things out of the band stuck upon a stick. Why, it stands to reason that they can't go bang. It will only be a sort of a pooh!" And the boy pursed up his lips and held his hand to his mouth as if it were his lost bugle, and emitted a ...
— !Tention - A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War • George Manville Fenn
... had another thought, and he ran quickly to the house, and brought out the new trumpet which papa had given him for Christmas. By this time the animals had all finished their breakfast and Johnny gave a little toot on his trumpet as a signal that the tree festival was over. Brownie went, neighing and prancing, to her stall, White Face walked demurely off with a bellow, ...
— The Children's Book of Christmas Stories • Various
... was invited to breakfast with Mr. Edmund Burke and Doctor Franklin. He was awed by the brilliancy of the massive, trumpet-tongued orator and statesman. ...
— In the Days of Poor Richard • Irving Bacheller


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