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trumpet

trumpet is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses

Definitions

  1. 1noun

    A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.

  2. 2noun

    A trumpeter.

  3. 3noun

    One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

  4. 4noun

    A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

  5. 5transitive verb

    To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.

  6. 6intransitive verb

    To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

  7. 7noun

    a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

    Synonyms

    cornethorntrump
  8. 8verb

    utter in trumpet-like sounds

    "Elephants are trumpeting"

  9. 9verb

    proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet

    "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"

  10. 10verb

    play or blow on the trumpet

Synonyms

cornethorntrump

Common word forms

trumpetstrumpetedtrumpetertrumpetingtrumpetless

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