flourish, fanfare, tucket
(noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; “he entered to a flourish of trumpets”; “her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare”
ostentation, fanfare, flash
(noun) a gaudy outward display
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fanfare (countable and uncountable, plural fanfares)
(countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
(countable, uncountable) A show of ceremony or celebration.
fanfare (third-person singular simple present fanfares, present participle fanfaring, simple past and past participle fanfared)
To play a fanfare.
(music) To embellish with fanfares.
To imitate a fanfare, in order to dramatize the presentation or introduction of something.
To introduce with pomp and show.
To mark an arrival or departure with music, noise, or drama.
To publicize or announce.
To fan out.
Source: Wiktionary
Fan"fare`, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Fanfaron.]
Definition: A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
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