TRUMPET
NOUNS
► ARMSTRONG a high note or series of notes played on a trumpet, esp. in jazz → 20C Amer. sl.
► AX ► AXE a musical instrument, esp. an electric guitar; orig. used in jazz circles for any instrument, particularly a saxophone or trumpet, instruments on which ‘chops’ (musical figures) are played → 1955 US jazz sl.
► BEME a trumpet → a800 obs.
► BEMING trumpeting ..1513 obs.
► BUYSINE a trumpet → 1340 obs.
► GUGAG a bugle or trumpet → M19 US sl.
► HEWGAG ► HUGAG a bugle or trumpet → M19 US sl.
► MACHINE a trumpet → 1983 UK sl.
► TANTARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound → 1584
► TANTARARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound → 1843
► TANTARARARA a fanfare, or flourish of trumpets; hence, any similar sound → 1750
► TARANTARRATARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle → 1873
► TARATANTARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle → 1553
NOUNS – PERSON
► BEMARE ► BEMER a trumpeter → c950 obs.
► GABRIEL a trumpet player → 1944 Amer. jive usage
► HOT LIPS an energetic or exciting jazz trumpeter → 1922 sl.
► WAIT a player on the flute, trumpet, etc. → 1510 obs.
► WINDJAMMER a trumpeter; a bandsman → World War I Amer. sl.
VERBS
► ABUCCINATE to proclaim as with a trumpet → 1569 obs.
► BEME to blow on a trumpet → c1000 obs.
► BLOW FOR CANINES to play in the very highest register of a trumpet → 1957 US sl.
► BUCCINATE to blow a trumpet → 1623 obs.
► TARANTANTAR to sound, or imitate the sound of, a trumpet; to sound with a loud noise like the blare of a trumpet → 1840
► TARANTANTARIZE to sound, or imitate the sound of, a trumpet; to sound with a loud noise like the blare of a trumpet → 1656
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