trumpet

  • 21trumpet — trum|pet1 [ trʌmpət ] noun count * 1. ) a musical instrument that is a curved metal tube with a wide end. You play it by blowing into it as you press buttons on the top. Someone who plays the trumpet is called a trumpeter or a trumpet player. a ) …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22trumpet — noun 1》 a brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone.     ↘an organ stop with a quality resembling that of a trumpet. 2》 something shaped like a trumpet, especially the tubular corona of a daffodil flower. 3》 the… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23trumpet — n. [OF. trompe, trumpet] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, paired, usually movable respiratory structures, located on the dorsal portion of the cephalothorax of culicid pupae; see laticorn trumpet, angusticorn trumpet …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 24trumpet — [[t]trʌ̱mpɪt[/t]] trumpets, trumpeting, trumpeted 1) N VAR: oft the N A trumpet is a musical instrument of the brass family which plays quite high notes. 2) VERB If someone trumpets something that they are proud of or that they think is important …

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  • 25trumpet —   Pū, pū ho okani, pū kani, olē.     Conch shell trumpet, pū puhi.     Trumpet of animal horn, pepeiaohao.     Trumpet leading an army, pū ka i …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 26trumpet — n. to play the trumpet * * * [ trʌmpɪt] to play the trumpet …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 27trumpet — trum|pet1 [ˈtrʌmpıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: trompette, from trompe horn ] a musical instrument that you blow into, which consists of a curved metal tube that is wide at the end, and three buttons you press to change the notes… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28trumpet — bukalapė delnuotė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Delnuotinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Cecropia obtusifolia), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cecropia obtusifolia angl. trumpet; trumpet tree isp. guaramo; guarumbo;… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 29trumpet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cornet, bugle, horn; ear trumpet. See music. v. bellow, roar; blow, toot, blare; proclaim. See publication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. horn, wind instrument, bugle, cornet, brass wind; see also musical… …

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  • 30trumpet — n British 1. a fart. A children s word which enjoyed a vogue in the late 1980s. ► Lucy did a trumpet. (Recorded, 10 year old boy, Devon, 1986) 2. a telephone. A rare synonym of trombone, the blower, etc …

    Contemporary slang