- 1[transitive] trumpet something (as something) + speech to talk about something publicly in a proud or enthusiastic way to trumpet someone's achievements Their marriage was trumpeted as the society wedding of the year.
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- 2[intransitive] (especially of an elephant) to make a loud noise
trumpet
verbNAmE//ˈtrʌmpət//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they trumpet he / she / it trumpets
past simple trumpeted
-ing form trumpeting
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