Related Searches
Nearby Words

trumpeting

[truhm-pit] Origin

trum·pet

[truhm-pit]
noun
1.
Music.
a.
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.
b.
an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
c.
2.
something used as or resembling a trumpet, especially in sound.
3.
a sound like that of a trumpet.
4.
the loud shrill cry of an animal, especially an elephant.
EXPAND
6.
trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
7.
to blow a trumpet.
8.
to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Trumpeting is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
verb (used with object)
9.
to sound on a trumpet.
10.
to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.
11.
to proclaim loudly or widely.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English trumpette, trompette < French, equivalent to trompe trump2 + -ette -et

trum·pet·less, adjective
trum·pet·like, adjective
un·trum·pet·ed, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To trumpeting
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

trumpet
c.1300, from O.Fr. trompette "trumpet," dim. of trompe (see trump (n.2)). The verb is recorded from 1530; fig. sense of "to proclaim, extol" is attested from 1581.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary

trumpet definition


A brass instrument with a brilliant tone, much used in classical music, as well as in military music and jazz.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature