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a
: a wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell
specifically
: a valved brass instrument having a cylindrical tube with two turns and a usual range from F sharp below middle C upward for 2¹/₂ octaves
b
: a musical instrument (such as a cornet) resembling a trumpet
2
: a trumpet player
3
: something that resembles a trumpet or its tonal quality: such as
a
: a funnel-shaped instrument (such as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound
b(1)
: a stentorian voice
(2)
: a penetrating cry (as of an elephant)
trumpeted; trumpeting; trumpets
: to sound or proclaim on or as if on a trumpet
trumpet the news
Examples of trumpet in a Sentence
Noun
the trumpet of a flower
Verb
He likes to trumpet his own achievements.
The law was trumpeted as a solution to everything.
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Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
This year, though dimmed a bit by rain, crowds still filled the midway and kids still tried for prizes and carried toy trumpets and balloons — trophies of carnival wins.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has trumpeted the project, LNG Canada, whose plant, pipeline, gas fields, docks and other assets are worth 48 billion Canadian dollars (about $35 billion).
—New York Times, 7 July 2025
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Noun
There’s something beautiful about so many musicians who love the trumpet instrument gathering together to play as one ensemble.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 22 July 2025
This year, though dimmed a bit by rain, crowds still filled the midway and kids still tried for prizes and carried toy trumpets and balloons — trophies of carnival wins.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Verb
Durham University’s Gillian Foulger, who has worked in geothermal for four decades, said companies trumpet big breakthroughs all the time.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has trumpeted the project, LNG Canada, whose plant, pipeline, gas fields, docks and other assets are worth 48 billion Canadian dollars (about $35 billion).
—New York Times, 7 July 2025
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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trumpet
1 of 2 noun
trum·pet
ˈtrəm-pət 
1
: a wind instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube commonly once or twice curved and ending in a bell
2
: something shaped like a trumpet
3
: a sound like that of a trumpet
trumpet
2 of 2 verb1
: to blow a trumpet
2
: to make a sound like that of a trumpet
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