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trumpet(2) (iou)



trumpet verb. M16.
[from TRUMPET noun or Old & mod. French trompeter.]
verb intrans. Play or sound a trumpet. M16.
b. Esp. of an enraged elephant: make a sound as of a trumpet. E19.
N. Bawden Molly took a man's..handkerchief out of..her smock and trumpeted into it.
verb trans.
a. fig. Announce or proclaim loudly as by the sound of a trumpet; celebrate, praise highly. Also foll. by forth. E17.
Yorkshire Post The Government has been..nervous about trumpeting..achievements which have involved spending more money. G. Daly Hunt, the..painter whose bachelor status had been trumpeted in the gossip columns.
b. Summon or denounce formally, or drive away, by the sound of a trumpet. Now rare. L17.
c. Sound (a signal etc.) on a trumpet; utter with a sound like that of a trumpet. E18.
S. Hassel 'We ain't got no more irons, sir!' trumpets Tiny.