Noun: fanfare 'fan,fehr
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
"her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare";
- flourish, tucket [archaic]
- A gaudy outward display
"The new product was launched with much fanfare";
- ostentation, flash
Derived forms: fanfares
Type of: air, display, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune
Encyclopedia: Fanfare