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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tucket
n : (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]
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