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Definition of trumpet

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Trumpet (n.) 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..

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Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long..

Mangonist :: Mangonist (n.) A slave dealer; also, a strumpet..

Triton :: Triton (n.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell..

Megaphone :: Megaphone (n.) A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet..

Trumpet :: Trumpet (v. i.) To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry..

Gamester :: Gamester (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.

Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces..

Strumpet :: Strumpet (a.) Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.

Drab :: Drab (n.) A lewd wench; a strumpet.

Punk :: Punk (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.

Trump :: Trump (n.) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry..

Drab :: Drab (v. i.) To associate with strumpets; to wench.

Trumpetweed :: Trumpetweed (n.) The sea trumpet.

Trumpet-tongued :: Trumpet-tongued (a.) Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech..

Harlot :: Harlot (n.) A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.

Otacousticon :: Otacousticon (n.) An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet..

Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet..

Tap :: Tap (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo..

Trump :: Trump (v. i.) To blow a trumpet.