tucket n 1: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" [syn: {flourish}, {fanfare}, {tucket}]
Tucket \Tuck"et\, n. [It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to touch. See {Toccata}, {Touch}.] A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] {Tucket sonance}, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the note to mount. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Tucket \Tuck"et\, n. [Cf. It. tocchetto a ragout of fish, meat, fr. tocco a bit, morsel, LL. tucetum, tuccetum, a thick gravy.] A steak; a collop. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]