TRUMPET

I. noun Etymology: Middle English trompette, from Anglo-French, from trumpe trump Date: 14th century 1. a wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell, a musical instrument (as a cornet) resembling a ~, a ~ player, something that resembles a ~ or its tonal quality: as, a funnel-shaped instrument (as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound, b. a stentorian voice, a penetrating cry (as of an elephant), ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1530 intransitive verb to blow a ~, to make a sound suggestive of that of a ~, transitive verb to sound or proclaim on or as if on a ~