trumpet betydelse and definition

Betydelse av trumpet på svenska

• 0 a brass musical instrument consisting of a metal tube with one narrow end, into which the player blows, and one wide end. Three buttons are pressed in order to change notes.

• 1 (of a large animal, especially an elephant) to produce a loud call:

  • We could hear the elephants trumpeting in the distance.

• 2 to announce or talk about something proudly to a lot of people:

  • The museum has been loudly trumpeting its reputation as one of the finest.

  • Their much-trumpeted "low low prices" affect only five percent of the goods that they sell.

• 3 a brass musical instrument that plays high notes, with keys that are pressed to vary the notes and played by blowing into it, or this type of instrument generally; a horn

• 4 (of an animal, esp. an elephant) to produce a loud call:

  • We heard the elephants trumpeting in the distance.

• 5 to make people aware of something important:

  • He’s been trumpeting political reform for years.

  • The boys were not shy about trumpeting their successes.