bu·gle 1 (by  g l)n. Music A brass wind instrument somewhat shorter than a trumpet and lacking keys or valves. intr.v. bu·gled, bu·gling, bu·gles 1. Music To sound a bugle. 2. To give forth a deep, prolonged sound similar to the bay of a hound. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin b  culus, steer, diminutive of b s, ox; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.]bu gler n. |
| bu·gle 2 (bygl) n. A tubular glass or plastic bead used to trim clothing. [Origin unknown.] |
| bu·gle 3 (bygl) n. Any of several creeping Old World herbs of the genus Ajuga in the mint family, having opposite leaves, square stems, and terminal spikes of purplish to white flowers. Also called bugleweed. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin b gula (perhaps influenced by bglssa, bugloss), from Latin bgill.] |
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