Thesaurus: trumpet

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1. n. 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.
2. n. A trumpeter.
3. n. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
4. n. A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
5. v. t. To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.
6. v. i. To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.
7. n. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
8. v. proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
9. v. play or blow on the trumpet
10. v. utter in trumpet-like sounds
11. A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war andmilitary exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consistsof a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenientshape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves islimited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpetscapable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tonewithin their compass, although at the expense of the true ringingquality of tone.The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. Dryden.