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Meaning of bugle in English
Pronunciation
/ˈbjuɡəl/
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Verb
bugle
Definitions
1.
play on a bugle
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 »
2.
any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia
Examples
« used for ground cover »
3.
a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration