trumpet: Meaning and Definition of

trum•pet

1. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other.
2. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
3. a trumpeter.
2. something used as or resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound.
3. a sound like that of a trumpet.
4. the loud shrill cry of an animal, esp. an elephant.
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6. any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.

1. to blow a trumpet.
2. to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.

1. to sound on a trumpet.
2. to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.
3. to proclaim loudly or widely.