Definition of Trumpet

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Trumpet

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.

A trumpeter.

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

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

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

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

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Trumpet Quotations

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.
Norman Mailer

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.
Jackson Browne

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
Jackson Browne

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it.
Jackson Browne

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
William Christopher Handy

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.
William Christopher Handy

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.
Roger Bannister

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.
Norman Wisdom

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.
Wynton Marsalis

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.
Wynton Marsalis

Trumpet Translations

trumpet in Dutch is toeteren, de trompet steken, toeten
trumpet in Finnish is torvi
trumpet in French is trompette
trumpet in German is Trompete
trumpet in Italian is tromba
trumpet in Portuguese is trombeta
trumpet in Spanish is trompeta
trumpet in Swedish is trumpet, utbasunera

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