tucket
2 synonyms for tucket, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A short burst of music played on a trumpet, bugle or similar instrument to announce something.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Comes from tuck (“a blow, a drum beat”), which developed from Old French touchet (“stroke, blow”). Compare toccata, and also Middle French toquer, from Old French *toquer (“to strike”).
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