trumpet

  1. Noun.  A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat.
  2. Noun.  In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician that plays the trumpet.
  3. Noun.  The cry of an elephant.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To play the trumpet.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically.

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