Trumpet
Definitions
- A vocal political supporter of US President Donald Trump, especially online.
- A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
- Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
- The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
- One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
- A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
- A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.
- A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.
- Any of various flowering plants with trumpet-shaped flowers, for example, of the genus Collomia.
- A supporter of Donald Trump, especially a fervent one.
Equivalents
DeutschTrompete
52 more languages
Catalàtrompeta
Esperantotrumpeto
فارسیترومپت
Gàidhligstoc
ភាសាខ្មែរត្រែ
ಕನ್ನಡತುತ್ತೂರಿ
한국어트럼펫
Latviešutrompete
Te Reo Māoripūkāea
Македонскитруба
Монголбүрээ
Bahasa Melayutrompet
Maltitromba
မြန်မာတံပိုး
Românătrompetă
Slovenčinatrúba
Slovenščinatrobenta
Kiswahilitarumbeta
தமிழ்ஊதுகொம்பு
ไทยทรัมเป็ต
Türkçetrompet
Українськатруба
Tiếng Việtkén
Examples
“The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce⟳ their arrival.”
“In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix⟳ with those which are coming in.”
“The trumpets were assigned to stand⟳ at the rear of the orchestra pit.”
“Next day, he sent a trumpet to the general, with a detail of my misfortune, in hopes of retrieving what I had lost […].”
“The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.”
“I will the banner from a trumpet take⟳”
“That great politician was pleased to have⟳ the greatest wit of those times […] to be the trumpet of his praises.”
“The result⟳ of adopting the latter principle would be that even unimportant T-junctions would be in the form⟳ of trumpets or half-cloverleaf junctions.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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