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bu·gle I. \ˈbyügəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin bugula : a plant of the genus Ajuga; especially : a low European annual (A. reptans) with spikes of blue flowers that is now naturalized in parts of the United States II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin buculus, boculus young steer, diminutive of bos head of cattle — more at cow 1. obsolete : a wild ox; especially : buffalo 2. : a signal horn; especially : one made of an animal's horn 3. a. : a brass instrument with a cupped mouthpiece like the trumpet but having a shorter and more conical tube and now chiefly for military and parade use < drum and bugle corps > b. : one of a family of valved brass instruments of sizes grading from flügelhorns to tubas now chiefly used in brass bands — compare euphonium, saxhorn
III. verb (bugled ; bugled ; bugling \-g(ə)liŋ\ ; bugles) transitive verb : to sound or summon by or as if by a bugle call intransitive verb 1. : to sound a bugle 2. of bull elks or certain other large deer : to utter a prolonged cry that suggests the sound of a bugle and is the characteristic rutting call IV. adjective of a hunting dog : having a strong deep melodious bay V. noun or bugle bead (-s) Etymology: perhaps from bugle (II); from its resemblance to a trumpet : a small cylindrical bead of glass or plastic used for trimming especially on women's clothing VI. adjective 1. : like a bugle; especially : jet-black like most early glass bugles 2. : trimmed or fashioned with bugles < a band of dainty bugle work about the neckline > |