American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. Music A loud flourish of brass instruments,
especially trumpets. - n. A spectacular public display. Century
Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. A flourish of trumpets, either in
hunting, in martial assemblages, or in the course of a musical
work; a noisy flourish. - n. Hence An ostentatious parade or
boast; bravado. - n. In bookbinding, an erratic or eccentric
style of decoration which purposely avoids regular or
geometrical design. - n. countable A flourish of trumpets or
horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on
hunting horns during the chase. - n. uncountable A show of
ceremony or celebration. GNU Webster's 1913 - n. A flourish of
trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and
lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase. - n. a
gaudy outward display - n. (music) a short lively tune played on
brass instruments - French, possibly of imitative origin.
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