trumpeted

Verb

trumpet (third-person singular simple present trumpets, present participle trumpeting, simple past and past participle trumpeted)

1. (intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified
   • The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
2. (intransitive) To play the trumpet.
   • Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
3. (ambitransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.
   • The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
4. (ambitransitive) To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.
   • The bird trumpeted a second time. Dinah listened to the echo die around her.2017, Gerhard Gehrke, Nineveh's Child
5. (transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
   • Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.

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