n. & v.
--n.
1. a a tubular or conical brass instrument with a flared bell and a bright penetrating tone. b its player. c an organ stop with a quality resembling a trumpet.
2 a the tubular corona of a daffodil etc. b a trumpet-shaped thing (ear-trumpet).
3 a sound of or like a trumpet.
--v. (trumpeted, trumpeting)
1. intr. a blow a trumpet. b (of an enraged elephant etc.) make a loud sound as of a trumpet.
2 tr. proclaim loudly (a person's or thing's merit).
Phrases and idioms:
trumpet-call an urgent summons to action. trumpet major the chief trumpeter of a cavalry regiment.
Derivatives:
trumpetless adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF trompette dimin. (as TRUMP(2))