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bugle
1[byoo-guhl]
noun
a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals.
verb (used without object)
to sound a bugle.
(of bull elks) to utter a rutting call.
verb (used with object)
to call by or with a bugle.
to bugle reveille.
bugle
2[byoo-guhl]
noun
bugle
3[byoo-guhl]
noun
Also called bugle bead.a tubular glass bead used for ornamenting dresses.
adjective
Also bugled ornamented with bugles.
bugle
1/ ˈːɡə /
noun
music a brass instrument similar to the cornet but usually without valves: used for military fanfares, signal calls, etc
verb
(intr) to play or sound (on) a bugle
bugle
2/ ˈːɡə /
noun
Also called: bugleweed.any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Ajuga , esp A. reptans , having small blue or white flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates) See also ground pine
bugle
3/ ˈːɡə /
noun
a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes for decoration
Other Word Forms
- bugler noun
- ˈܲ noun
Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Morris held the microphone with both hands like he was blowing on a bugle and urging the crowd to charge.
In the face of febrile bond markets, this week the faint sound of the bugle of retreat on the US trade war got louder.
According to the legend, several people went to the mouth of this tunnel and one went down with a bugle and his dog.
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.’
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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