tucket Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
    fanfare; flourish.
    • he entered to a flourish of trumpets
    • her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare

WordNet

Tuck"et noun
Etymology
It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to touch. See Toccata, Touch.
Definitions
  1. A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. Obs.
    Let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the note to mount. Shak.
Tuck"et noun
Etymology
Cf. It. tocchetto a ragout of fish, meat, fr. tocco a bit, morsel, LL. tucetum, tuccetum, a thick gravy.
Definitions
  1. A steak; a collop. Obs. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913