Sekirov Dictionary

fanfare

UK /ˈfænfɛə/US /ˈfænfɛɹ/

verb 7
noun 2
forms 3

verb7

•
To play a fanfare.
- The miscreant is shamed into just standing there mortified and not fanfaring at all while the others finish the greeting to the arriving guest. — 1993
•
To introduce with pomp and show.
- Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath. — 1959
•
To mark an arrival or departure with music, noise, or drama.
- The windows of his family's house had been blown in by the air raids that fanfared Desert Storm, and he'd been shaken awake by American cruise missile strikes in June 1993 and December 1998. — 2007
•
To publicize or announce.
- So, did quacks cash in on this, fanfaring their own capacity to quell pain? — 1989
•
To imitate a fanfare, in order to dramatize the presentation or introduction of something.
- The name of the farm we were staying on was, tun-tun-tah,' I fanfared dramatically, 'Le Tomple, the temple. Spooky eh?' — 2008
•
To embellish with fanfares.
- PAM is a guitar song fanfared by massive chords on an acoustic 12-string (probably (ribbed From The Who's contemporary hit 'Pinball Wizard'). — 2008
•
To fan out.
- Just so, light beaded on tin lanterns, drops fanfared from sprinklers, minnows fluted in pools. — 2000

noun2

•
A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
- They played a short fanfare to announce the arrival of the king.
•
A show of ceremony or celebration.
- The town opened the new library with fanfare and a speech from the mayor.

forms

fanfared · fanfaring · fanfares

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