Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Music A loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets.
- noun A spectacular public display.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In bookbinding, an erratic or eccentric style of decoration which purposely avoids regular or geometrical design.
- noun A flourish of trumpets, either in hunting, in martial assemblages, or in the course of a musical work; a noisy flourish.
- noun Hence An ostentatious parade or boast; bravado.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable A
flourish oftrumpets orhorns as to announce; a short and livelyair performed on hunting horns during the chase. - noun uncountable A show of
ceremony orcelebration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gaudy outward display
- noun (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Finally, a seemingly reluctant Salonen arrived for a solo bow to thunderous applause and a surprise impromptu fanfare from the brass players on stage.
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GWB would have vetoed a bill he thought to be bad (and demanded a “clean bill” with much fanfare from the media about the need to give our CiC a clean bill).
Matthew Yglesias » It’s Time to Not Get Financial Reform Done 2010
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What GE announced with much fanfare is a light bulb that won†™ t be on the market for several years, a light bulb that will be about half as efficient as a current generation compact fluorescent (CFL) lights.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » GE Announces Efficient Bulb (sort of) 2007
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They did the fanfare from the LA Olympics, and some Harry Potter, and a very odd selection from Jurassic Park 2, and the main theme from Raiders, and they did Superman.
John Williams, musical genius karenmiller 2007
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Thanking people - whether privately or with fanfare, is always a good thing.
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Yet, as the San Francisco Giants entered the week as baseball's only undefeated team, ignored in all the fanfare is one of the most amazing stories of all:
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As the distinguished guests approached the Canadian Room they passed through the outstanding Guard-of-Honour provided by the Royal Regiment of Canada and were greeted as they entered the Canadian Room itself by a resounding fanfare from the Coronation Trumpeters of the GovernorGeneral's Horse Guards.
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When the team launched it promised a whole lot of hope and refreshment to a tainted and recently jaded sport; it came out with all guns blazing in fanfare that took the commercial and promotional side of the sport by the scruff of the neck, effectively dragging pro cycling out of the 80’s and into the world of multi-media.
Sky highs and Sky lows: Looking at Team Sky’s first year in the pro peloton 2010
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A red curtain parts, revealing the Fox logo – it’s very 20th Century – as Alfred Newman’s fanfare is conducted by some tuxedoed spastic.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2001
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"It's a fanfare, which is like the music that plays when a king comes into court," Wilson said.
lweber5@scf.edu commented on the word fanfare
Two elves at the front of the sleigh blew a trumpet fanfare. -Websters Dictionary pg. 29
September 24, 2010
shanvrolijk commented on the word fanfare
Uses of these methods appear in the cartographic literature without fanfare.
Her university application stories come out merely as a fanfare.
April 1, 2018