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bu·gle 1  (bygl)
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 bculus, steer, diminutive of bs, ox; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.]

bugler 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 bgula (perhaps influenced by bglssa, bugloss), from Latin bgill.]

bugle1
n
(Music / Instruments) Music a brass instrument similar to the cornet but usually without valves: used for military fanfares, signal calls, etc.
vb
(Music, other) (intr) to play or sound (on) a bugle
[short for bugle horn ox horn (musical instrument), from Old French bugle, from Latin būculus young bullock, from bōs ox]
bugler  n

bugle2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Ajuga, esp A. reptans, having small blue or white flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates) Also called bugleweed See also ground pine
[from Late Latin bugula, of uncertain origin]

bugle3
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes for decoration
[of unknown origin]

bu•gle1 (ˈbyu gəl)

n., v. -gled, -gling. n.
1. a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet but usu. without keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals.
v.i.
2. to sound a bugle.
3. (of bull elks) to utter a rutting call.
[1250–1300; Middle English bugle (horn) instrument made of an ox horn < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin būculus bullock, young ox =bū- variant s. of bōs ox + -culus -cle1]
bu′gler, n.
bu•gle2 (ˈbyu gəl)

n.
any of various low-growing plants belonging to the genus Ajuga, of the mint family, usu. having blue flowers.
[1225–75; Middle English < Old French < Medieval Latin bugula a kind of plant]
bu•gle3 (ˈbyu gəl)

n.
Also called bu′gle bead`. a tubular glass bead used for ornamenting dresses.
[1570–80; of obscure orig.]

bugle - Originally the word for ox, whose horn was used to give signals, it came to mean such a musical instrument.
See also related terms for horn.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bugle - a brass instrument without valvesbugle - a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
brass instrument, brass - a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
2.bugle - any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Ajuga reptans, creeping bugle - low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in parts of United States
Ajuga genevensis, blue bugle, erect bugle - upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers; southern Europe
Ajuga pyramidalis, pyramid bugle - European evergreen carpeting perennial
Ajuga chamaepitys, yellow bugle, ground pine - low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa
3.bugle - a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration
bead - a small ball with a hole through the middle
Verb1.bugle - play on a bugle
music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
spiel, play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
Translations
bugle [ˈbjuːgl] Ncorneta f, clarín m

bugle [ˈbjuːgəl] nclairon m

bugle
nBügelhorn nt; bugle callHornsignal nt

bugle [ˈbjuːgl] n (Mus) → tromba

bugle (ˈbjuːgl) noun
a musical wind instrument usually made of brass, used chiefly for military signals. He plays the bugle.
ˈbugler noun


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He was a fine swarthy fellow, with dark hair and large moustachios, who rode a-hunting in clothes of Lincoln green, with russet boots on his feet, and a bugle slung over his shoulder like the guard of a long stage.
Again the bugle sounds lustily forth, and rouses the cottager's wife and children, who peep out at the house door, and watch the coach till it turns the corner, when they once more crouch round the blazing fire, and throw on another log of wood against father comes home; while father himself, a full mile off, has just exchanged a friendly nod with the coachman, and turned round to take a good long stare at the vehicle as it whirls away.
The quiet descendants of the Puritans were shocked by the uproar of military music; the drum, fife, and bugle drowning the holy organ peal and the voices of the singers.
 
 
 
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