tucket

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English

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Etymology

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From tuck (a blow, a drum beat), from Old French touchet (stroke, blow). Compare toccata.[1] Compare also Middle French toquer from Old French *toquer (to strike).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tucket (plural tuckets)

  1. (music) A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.

References

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  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.