Tucket

//ˈtʌkɪt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.

    "[T]hen let the Trumpets ſound / The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note to mount: / For our approach ſhall ſo much dare the field, / That England ſhall couch downe in feare, and yeeld."

  2. 2
    (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments wordnet

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fanfareflourishflourish

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"[T]hen let the Trumpets ſound / The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note to mount: / For our approach ſhall ſo much dare the field, / That England ſhall couch downe in feare, and yeeld."

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”).

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