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Definition of trumpet : 1. A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
2. A trumpeter.
3. A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved ( once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.
4. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
5. To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.
6. To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

Synonyms:

publicize, bulge, blazon, tub-thump, bugle, circle, declare, sound, cornet, ball, post, grunt, hooter, cry up, give out, bay, announce, chatter, car horn, baa, publish, promulgate, bark, hiss, wind instrument, crack up, enunciate, flash, reveal, herald, howl, trump, broadcast, ballyhoo, cone, blare, annunciate, disclose, bowl, blaze, balloon, spread, coil, trump card, bellow, saddle horn, musical instrument, automobile horn, moo, let it be known that, band, bray, put out, placard, blow up, crescent, advertise, cry, call, bubble, bleat, disseminate, motor horn, brass wind, croak, release

cheer, commemorate, observe, frolic, fete, hail, carouse, honor, inaugurate, proclaim, venerate, jubilate, exult, praise, laud, glorify, salute, enjoy, make merry, party, rejoice, revel, solemnize, memorialize, acclaim, hallow, celebrate

baby grand, bagpipes, air guitar, accordion, balalaika, bass guitar, barrel organ

English horn, harpsichord, classical guitar, trombone, electric guitar, guitar, bass, keyboard, clarinet, violincello, alto saxophone, French horn, bassoon, cello, viola, piccolo, fiddle, violin, harp, organ, flute, piano, harmonica, banjo, electric piano, drum, recorder, saxophone, oboe, horn, tenor saxophone

Usage examples:

• Hamilcar had the soldiers roused, but not a trumpet was sounded: their captain tapped them softly on the shoulder. - "Salammbo", Gustave Flaubert.
• The elephants were close at hand, I said; I was sure of it; I had heard them trumpet in the night. - "Maiwa's Revenge The War of the Little Hand", H. Rider Haggard.
• Why, it's a triumph- it's something to blow a trumpet over. - "The Branding Iron", Katharine Newlin Burt.