Meaning of bugle in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈbjuɡəl/

    US accent Play button

    UK accent Play button

  1. Verb

    bugle

    Definitions

    1. play on a bugle

    Derived terms

  2. Noun

    bugle

    Etymology

    Middle English: via Old French from Latin buculus, diminutive of bos‘ox’. The early English sense was ‘wild ox’, hence the compound bugle-horn, denoting the horn of an ox used to give signals, originally in hunting

    Definitions

    1. a brass instrument without valves

    Examples

    • « used for military calls and fanfares »
  3. 2. any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia

    Examples

    • « used for ground cover »
  4. 3. a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration

Browse dictionary