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bugle

1

[ byoo-guhl ]

noun

  1. a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals.


verb (used without object)

bugled, bugling.
  1. to sound a bugle.
  2. (of bull elks) to utter a rutting call.

verb (used with object)

bugled, bugling.
  1. to call by or with a bugle:

    to bugle reveille.

bugle

2

[ byoo-guhl ]

noun

bugle

3

[ byoo-guhl ]

noun

  1. Also called bugle bead. a tubular glass bead used for ornamenting dresses.

adjective

  1. Also ·. ornamented with bugles.

bugle

1

/ ˈːɡə /

noun

  1. music a brass instrument similar to the cornet but usually without valves: used for military fanfares, signal calls, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to play or sound (on) a bugle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bugle

2

/ ˈːɡə /

noun

  1. any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Ajuga , esp A. reptans , having small blue or white flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates) Also calledbugleweed See also ground pine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bugle

3

/ ˈːɡə /

noun

  1. a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes for decoration
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲ, noun
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  • g noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bugle1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English bugle, bugel, bewgal “wild ox, buffalo, water buffalo, drinking horn, (instrument) horn, bugle,” from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin ūܱܲ “young bull, bullock, young ox,” equivalent to ū- variant stem of ō “cow, ox, bull” + -culus diminutive noun suffix; -cle 1, cow 1

Origin of bugle2

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English bugle, bugil, buygel, bewgle, from Old French, from Late Latin ū the name of the plant; further origin uncertain

Origin of bugle3

First recorded in 1570–80; of obscure origin; perhaps an extended sense of bugle 1( def )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bugle1

C14: short for bugle horn ox horn (musical instrument), from Old French bugle , from Latin ūܱܲ young bullock, from ō ox

Origin of bugle2

C13: from Late Latin bugula , of uncertain origin

Origin of bugle3

C16: of unknown origin
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According to the legend, several people went to the mouth of this tunnel and one went down with a bugle and his dog.

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During one futile counterattack, “the French infantry made a gallant show, advancing across the Belgian beet fields with colors unfurled and bugles sounding the shrill notes of the ‘charge.’

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This is the position soldiers assume every day on an army post as the flag is lowered and the bugle call “Retreat” is played.

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Each week, we listened to marching bands play the national anthem but heard the bugle call of “Taps.”

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Still, it’s hardly an overstatement to suggest that feat — not to mention Leiweke’s zero-carbon bugle call challenging other sports power brokers to match it — barely registers among fans.

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