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tucket

[ tuhk-it ]

noun

  1. a trumpet fanfare.


tucket

/ ˈtʌkɪt /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a flourish on a trumpet


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tucket1

First recorded in 1585–95; tuck 4 + -et

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tucket1

C16: from Old Northern French toquer to sound (on a drum)

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Example Sentences

A tucket of trumpets sounded, silvery and thin through the cold grey air: a page came running with his sallete-helmet.

When the head of the column reached the edge of the gloomy forest a tucket sounded and the soldiers came to a halt.

Did you hear the sounding of the tucket-sonuance in yonder yard?

The next morning he was viewing the sunrise from the deck, when Seth Tucket came to his side.

"The sight of old Buckley coming with his dog would be better than a surgeon, to cure that wound," said Tucket.

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