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tucket

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈtʌkɪt/ without weak vowel merger
  • /ˈtʌkət/ weak vowel merger
  • rhymes with -ʌkɪt

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he entered to a flourish of trumpets
  • her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flourish, fanfare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase

History

Etymology

From tuck (“a blow, a drum beat”), from Old French touchet (“stroke, blow”). Compare toccata. Compare also Middle French toquer from Old French *toquer (“to strike”).