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English to English noun
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a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet | | Example: Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty
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play or blow on the trumpet | | source: wordnet30
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utter in trumpet-like sounds | | Example: Elephants are trumpeting
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To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings. | | source: webster1913
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To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry. | | source: webster1913
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