blow one's own trumpet
To praise oneself.
trumpet
/ˈtɹʌmpɪt/
noun 6verb 5
Collocations
9(noun.)
ADJ
muted | B | C, E | etc.
VERB + TRUMPET
blow
TRUMPET + VERB
blare, sound
TRUMPET + NOUN
blast, call, fanfare
PHRASES
a blast of the trumpet
The sudden blast of the trumpet startled everyone at the ceremony.
a fanfare/flourish of trumpets
The queen arrived at the ceremony with a flourish of trumpets announcing her entrance.
Definitions
noun
1
A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
2
Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
Next day, he sent a trumpet to the general, with a detail of my misfortune, in hopes of retrieving what I had lost […].
3
The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
4
One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
I will the banner from a trumpet take
That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times […] to be the trumpet of his praises.
5
A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
verb
1
To sound loudly, be amplified
The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
2
To play the trumpet.
Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
3
Of an elephant, to make its cry.
The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
The other, standing nearly head-on toward the hunters, had not proved so good a mark, and though every spear struck not one entered the great heart. For a moment the huge bull stood trumpeting in rage and pain, casting about with its little eyes for the author of its hurt.
4
To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.
The bird trumpeted a second time. Dinah listened to the echo die around her.
5
To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish.
noun
1
A vocal political supporter of US President Donald Trump, especially online.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
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In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation las
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The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
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The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
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Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
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The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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