a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
<noun.artifact> [ verb ]
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
<verb.communication> Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty
play or blow on the trumpet
<verb.creation>
utter in trumpet-like sounds
<verb.communication> Elephants are trumpeting
Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Zo["o]l.) (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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See {Triton}, 2.
{Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}.
Trumpet \Trump"et\, v. 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.
Trumpet \Trump"et\, v. i. To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.
With European elections looming, it is hardly surprising that the government used yesterday's first-quarter growth figures as an excuse to trumpet recovery.
George Rock, a trumpet player and vocalist best known for his recording of "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth," had died at the age of 68.
But it's Mr. Bush who ultimately bears the responsibility. "He's the trumpet player," says Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, a Kansas Republican.
Five years ago: Harry James, the swing-era bandleader and trumpet player, died in Las Vegas at age 67.
His three pupils today are playing Haydn, Horovitz and Cherubini on trumpet, euphonium, and French horn (7.30 BBC2).
After all, Branford's younger (by 13 months) brother the trumpet phenom has unleashed a bit of a backlash with his own outspokenness.
Trimble plays drums and his farmer father, Gene, plays trumpet with a band of strolling players _ in clown gear _ at the Illinois fairgrounds every year.
Packed with top flight soloists - Guy Barker (trumpet), Peter King (alto) and Keith Waithe (flutes) - this orchestra soars.
As the vision developed, a soulful trumpet sealed the resemblance.
Perhaps fired by his colleagues' enthusiasm Cherry finally managed to make a mouth for the muted trumpet.
Though every player in the world must long to play Gershwin's first trumpet, this was not the way to manage it.
Dukakis, the underdog, hit on traditional Democratic themes in a program featuring him on the stump, dancing with his wife, playing the trumpet and answering questions from voters at town meetings.
A trumpet soloist revealed that he'd been listening to recordings by Louis Armstrong.
Thought for Today: "When the flag is unfurled, all reason is in the trumpet." _ Ukrainian proverb.
Two more were needed for Roussel's rackety Petite Suite: there were trumpet problems, and a dearth of irony and elegance.
Mr Major may trumpet, as he did yesterday, the prospect of sustained non-inflationary growth.
On the first one, Eubie Blake's "Memories of You," Hampton played vibes while Armstrong sang and the drums while Armstrong played his trumpet.
The carrier used the settlement as an opportunity to trumpet recent safety and maintenance programs that resulted from the FAA inspection.
The stage is thus set for the highly centralised British government to trumpet its allegiance to subsidiarity in Edinburgh today without a blush.
One of them will eventually have a light in it." In October, Michael Dukakis was shown in a videotape playing the trumpet _ with "Taps" dubbed on the audio.
The National Party, though, blows an uncertain trumpet.
Moments in the score normally strongly poetic, like the trumpet solo uncannily evoking winter in a deserted London square, go for nothing. Were there ever whores so un-erotic (identical red ballet skirts)?
In defining our vital interests in the Gulf, the administration's trumpet gives an awfully uncertain sound.
He points out: 'While we trumpet the recovery, the voters do not think the recession has ended.
They trumpet the pro-business ideas they had to squelch for years.
Hirt said his doctors believed the problem may be related to his trumpet playing and a growth that developed on a finger of his right hand after 59 years of playing.
Absorbed in his playing at last, the full warm sound centred in a good tune, Hubbard showed how he maintains a place at the top of the trumpet league.
I don't want to blow my own trumpet, but I think I must have a reasonable feel for what will excite people. 'In our business the secret is to know how far to go, how much to spend.
"You've got to think optimistically," trumpet player Bill Lucas said. "Not being paid is a big thing.
Hebert, whose melodic phrasing and mellow tones were reminiscent of the Bix Beiderbecke style, played trumpet and piano.