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bugle

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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.
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bugle1

bu·gle 2  (bygl)
n.
A tubular glass or plastic bead used to trim clothing.

[Origin unknown.]

bugle Music
Noun
a brass instrument used chiefly for military calls
Verb
[-gling, -gled]
to play or sound (on) a bugle [short for bugle horn ox horn, from Latin buculus bullock]
bugler n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.buglebugle - 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, clarín m
bugle [ˈbjuːgl] nclairon m
bugle [ˈbjuːgl] nBügelhorn nt
bugle [ˈbjuːgl] ntromba

bugle
n bugle [ˈbjuːgl]
a musical wind instrument usually made of brass, used chiefly for military signals He plays the bugle.horing, beuelبوقсигнална тръбаtrubkasignalhorndas Hornσάλπιγγαcornetapasunشیپورtorviclaironחֲצוֹצרָהबिगुलtrubakürtterompettrombettaらっぱ군용 나팔trimitastaurebegolbugelsignalhorn, liten trompetsygnałówkaclarimcorn (de vână­toare)горнtrúbka, poľnicatrobentavojnička trubahornแตรเดี่ยว; แตรสัญญาณทหารboru, borazan軍號горн, ріжокبگل ، منہ سے بجانے والا باجاkèn (quân sự)
n ˈbugler
horingblaser, beuelblaserبوّاق، نافخ في البوقсигнална тръбаtrubačhornblæserder/die Hornist/-inσαλπιγκτήςcornetapasunapuhujaشیپورچیtorvensoittaja(joueur/-euse de) claironמְחַצצֵרबिगुल वादकtrubačkürtöspeniup terompettrombettiereらっぱ吹き나팔수trimitininkastaurētājspeniup begolbugelblazerhornblåsertrębaczcorneteirocornist, gornistгорнистtrubačtrobentačhornblåsareนักเป่าแตรเดี่ยว; นักเป่าแตรสัญญาณทหารborazancı號手горніст, сурмачبگکل بجاناے والاlính kèn

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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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