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trumpet

[truhm-pit] / ˈtrʌm pɪt /


VERB
blare
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But there’s trumpets on the record that almost sound like the beginning of “Wheel of Fortune.”

From Los Angeles Times

Flea, was a little boy, his attraction to the trumpet was all-consuming and amorous.

From Los Angeles Times

By the time I looked up again, Marlene was charging off through the snow, chasing the dog away, trumpeting as she went, her trunk flailing, her ears in full sail.

From Literature

Thudding drums, an electric guitar that chugs like a tank’s engine turning over and blaring trumpet fanfare announce the onset of football on CBS, Fox and NBC.

From Salon

The WBC allowed fans to bring in 16 “permissible instruments,” including bongos, cowbells, maracas and trumpets.

From Los Angeles Times