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Fanfare
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- 1 A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. countable
"They played a short fanfare to announce the arrival of the king."
- 2 (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments wordnet
- 3 A show of ceremony or celebration. countable, uncountable
"The town opened the new library with fanfare and a speech from the mayor."
- 4 a gaudy outward display wordnet
- 1 To play a fanfare.
"At this the trumpeters again most earnestly fanfared,"
- 2 To embellish with fanfares.
"Today the mower's metal music fanfared summer's choir of motley symphonies and high concertos piped or chanted from a treetop, droned above the pollen bee flowers, babbled over stony brook-beds, whispered by the whine of willow,"
- 3 To imitate a fanfare, in order to dramatize the presentation or introduction of something.
"The name of the farm we were staying on was, tun-tun-tah,' I fanfared dramatically, 'Le Tomple, the temple. Spooky eh?'"
- 4 To introduce with pomp and show.
"Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath."
- 5 To mark an arrival or departure with music, noise, or drama.
"She stepped neatly into the fray, took up Rover's slack lead and marched him briskly in a northerly direction away from the miniature foe, their retreat fanfared by the triumphant sound of the terrier who obviously thought he had bested an unworthy opponent, and who strutted after them for a few yards, just to make sure they moved well off his territory."
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- 6 To publicize or announce.
"So, did quacks cash in on this, fanfaring their own capacity to quell pain?"
- 7 To fan out.
"Just so, light beaded on tin lanterns, drops fanfared from sprinklers, minnows fluted in pools."
Etymology
Borrowed from French fanfare.
Borrowed from French fanfare.
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