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Trumpets   /trˈəmpəts/   Listen
Trumpets

noun
1.
Pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids.  Synonyms: huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet.


Trumpet

noun
1.
A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves.  Synonyms: cornet, horn, trump.
verb
(past & past part. trumpeted; pres. part. trumpeting)
1.
Proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet.
2.
Play or blow on the trumpet.
3.
Utter in trumpet-like sounds.



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"Trumpets" Quotes from Famous Books



... I had the slightest clue about how a ghost can be produced. But this one baffles me. No darkened rooms, no ghost trumpets, no knocks on tables, not even a chain clanking. A puff of mist and the ghost appears. ...
— The Blue Ghost Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin
... of very especial difficulty the trumpets sounded the charge, which re-echoed, with sublime reverberations, from pinnacle to pinnacle of rock and ice. Animated by these bugle notes the soldiers strained every nerve as if rushing upon the foe. Napoleon offered to these bands the same reward which he had promised to the peasants. ...
— Napoleon Bonaparte • John S. C. Abbott
... The trumpets sounded and the army went on its way to France. The next day King Charles called his lords together. "You see," said he, "these narrow passes. Whom shall I place to command the rear-guard? Choose you ...
— Myths and Legends of All Nations • Various
... the house in Carlton Gardens had been thrown open as the house of no Prime Minister, perhaps of no duke, had been opened before in this country; but it had been done by degrees, and had not been accompanied by such a blowing of trumpets as was sounded with reference to the entertainments at Gatherum. I would not have it supposed that the trumpets were blown by the direct order of the Duchess. The trumpets were blown by the customary trumpeters as it became known that great things were to be done,—all ...
— The Prime Minister • Anthony Trollope
... The blare of trumpets and the crash of drums drew their attention again to the stage. Ames rose and bowed his departure. A business associate in a distant box had beckoned him. Mrs. Hawley-Crowles dismissed him reluctantly; then turned her ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking


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