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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tucket (plural tuckets)
(music) A fanfare played on one or more trumpets.
tucket (plural tuckets)
(obsolete) A steak; a collop.
Source: Wiktionary
Tuck"et, n. Etym: [It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to touch. See Toccata, Touch.]
Definition: A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.] Tucket sonance, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.] Let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the note to mount. Shak.
Tuck"et, n. Etym: [Cf. It. tocchetto a ragout of fish, meat, fr. tocco a bit, morsel, LL. tucetum, tuccetum, a thick gravy.]
Definition: A steak; a collop. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
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