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# trumpet

noun (a trumpet, trumpets); verb (trumpet, trumpets, trumpeted, trumpeting)

«trumpet» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A trumpet is a brass musical instrument that you blow into; you press valves to change the note. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#m1)
2. When an elephant trumpets, it makes a loud, high call through its trunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#m2)
3. To trumpet something means to tell everyone about it proudly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons the trumpet is a member of the brass family, with three valves and a bell-shaped end; it plays bright, loud notes. In science, sound is made by the player's lips buzzing, which makes the air vibrate. In nature stories, elephants trumpet. Phrases: «play the trumpet», «blow your own trumpet» (boast), «a trumpet call».

### Examples

- My brother plays the trumpet in the school band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x1)
- The trumpet has three valves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x2)
- The elephant raised its trunk and trumpeted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x3)
- A trumpet call woke the soldiers in the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x4)
- Don't blow your own trumpet; let others praise you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x5)
- The trumpet makes a bright, loud sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x6)
- She trumpeted the news of her new puppy to the whole class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x7)
- He began trumpeting furiously at the top of his trumpet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun; regular verb: trumpeted, trumpeting (one t before -ed). «Play the trumpet» uses «the». «Blow your own trumpet» is an idiom for boasting.

## In Jewish tradition

A horn blown to sound an alarm, gather the people or praise God in worship. Here it warns of enemies and also marks joyful sacrifice.

**Interpretation.** Trumpets were blown on festivals and at the Temple. The ram's horn, the shofar, is blown on Rosh Hashanah to call people to repentance.

### Examples

- Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Beth-aven: 'Behind thee, O Benjamin!' (Prophets HOS.5.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x1)
- And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet-sound; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. (Writings PSA.27.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/#x2)

### Note

Countable noun; regular verb: trumpeted, trumpeting (one t before -ed). «Play the trumpet» uses «the». «Blow your own trumpet» is an idiom for boasting.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trumpet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «trumpet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trumpet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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