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Meaning of bugle in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈbjuɡəl/

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  1. Verb

    bugle

    Definitions

    1. play on a bugle
  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

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