English Explanatory Dictionary

bugle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A horn used by hunters.
  2. A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
  3. The sound of something that bugles.
  4. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
verb
  1. To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.
noun
  1. A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim
adj
  1. jet-black
noun
  1. A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
name
  1. A village in Treverbyn parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0158).

Pronunciation

/ˈbjuːɡəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bugle.wav

Word forms

bugle bugles bugling bugled more bugle most bugle

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).

Synonyms

trumpet bugleweed carpet bugle ground pine common bugle

Derived words

bugle-player bugle player bugler bugle scale buglet contrabass bugle Kent bugle key-bugle keyed bugle bitter bugle blue bugle) bugleweed carpet bugle common bugle creeping bugle erect bugle pyramid bugle upright bugle) water bugle yellow bugle
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