Trumpet

trum′pet, n. the most ancient of wind instruments, formed of a long, narrow, straight tube, bent twice on itself, the last fifteen inches tapering into a bell, and sounded by means of a cupped mouthpiece—much used in military signalling: in organs, a powerful reed-stop having a trumpet-like sound: a cry resembling a trumpet-sound: ( fig. ) one who praises.— v.t. to publish by trumpet: to proclaim: to sound the praises of.— v.i. to sound a trumpet.— ns. Trum′pet-call , a call or summons on the trumpet, any call to action; Trum′peter , one who sounds on the trumpet the regimental calls and signals: one who proclaims, praises, or denounces: a genus of crane-like birds of British Guiana, .: one of the whistling swans: a kind of domestic pigeon: a large New Zealand food-fish; Trum′pet-fish , also Snipe-fish , a sea-fish so named from its trumpet-like or tubular muzzle; Trum′pet-flow′er , the popular name of various plants which produce large trumpet-shaped flowers—as the genera Bignonia and Tecoma ( Big non i aceæ ), and Solandra ( Solonaceæ ); Trum′pet-mā′jor , a head-trumpeter in a band or regiment.— adj. Trum′pet-shaped , formed like a trumpet.— ns. Trum′pet-shell , a shell of the genus Triton ; Trum′pet-tone , the sound of a trumpet: a loud voice.— adj. Trum′pet-tongued , having a voice or tongue loud as a trumpet.— n. Speak′ing-trum′pet (see Speak ).— Blow one's own trumpet , to sound one's own praises; Feast of trumpets , a Jewish feast in which trumpets played an important part; Flourish of trumpets (see Flourish ). [O. Fr. trompette , dim. of trompe .]