Tucket

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]