n.
- a brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone.
▸an organ stop with a quality resembling that of a trumpet.
- something shaped like a trumpet, especially the tubular corona of a daffodil flower.
- the loud cry of an elephant.
v.
(trumpets, trumpeting, trumpeted)
- play a trumpet.
- (of an elephant) make its characteristic loud cry.
- proclaim widely or loudly.
Phrase
- blow one's
(own)
trumpet
chiefly Brit. talk boastfully about one's achievements.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. trompette, dimin. of trompe (see trump2).