trumpet
/ˈtɹʌmpɪt/ verb C2- To sound loudly, be amplified · The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
- To play the trumpet. · Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
- Of an elephant, to make its cry. · The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
- To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.
- To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically · Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
He/she/it trumpets · Past trumpeted · Past participle trumpeted · -ing form trumpeting
Verb forms
- Base form
- trumpet
- He/she/it
- trumpets
- Past
- trumpeted
- Past participle
- trumpeted
- -ing form
- trumpeting
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War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to his standard, the Soldier put on his charger its military trappings, and mounted, being clad in his heavy coat of mail.
I have no arms, and carry nothing but this one brass trumpet.” “That is the very reason for which you should be put to death,” they said; “for, while you do not fight yourself, your trumpet stirs all the others to battle.”
All that while the fight with Baloo went on, and the monkeys yelled in the tank round Bagheera, and Mang the Bat, flying to and fro, carried the news of the great battle over the jungle, till even Hathi the Wild Elephant trumpeted, and, far away, scattered bands of the Monkey-Folk woke and came leaping along the tree-roads to help their comrades in the Cold Lairs, and the noise of the fight roused all the day birds for miles round.
The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other.
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