Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tucket \Tuck"et\, n. [It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to
touch. See {Toccata}, {Touch}.]
A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.]
{Tucket sonance}, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.]
Let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the
note to mount. --Shak.
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.
Source : WordNet®
tucket
n : (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}]