tucket

3 definitions found

tucket - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tucket \Tuck"et\, n. [It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to
     touch. See Toccata, Touch.]
     A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.]
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     Tucket sonance, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.]
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              Let the trumpets sound
              The tucket sonance and the note to mount. --Shak.
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  Tucket \Tuck"et\, n. [Cf. It. tocchetto a ragout of fish, meat,
     fr. tocco a bit, morsel, LL. tucetum, tuccetum, a thick
     gravy.]
     A steak; a collop. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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tucket - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tucket
      n 1: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments;
           "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was
           greeted with a rousing fanfare" [syn: flourish,
           fanfare, tucket]