fanfare

Noun
  1. A gaudy outward display (synset 106902380)
    is a type of: display - exhibiting openly in public view
    subtypes:
    • bluster, bravado - a swaggering show of courage
    • exhibitionism - extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself
    • ritz - ostentatious display of elegance
    • splurge - an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
    • pedantry - an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
    same as: flash, ostentation
  2. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments (synset 106869934)
    "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    is a type of: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
    same as: flourish, tucket

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