bugle1

[byoo-guh l] /ˈbyu gəl/
noun
1.
a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals.
verb (used without object), bugled, bugling.
2.
to sound a bugle.
3.
(of bull elks) to utter a rutting call.
verb (used with object), bugled, bugling.
4.
to call by or with a bugle:
to bugle reveille.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English bugle (horn) instrument made of an ox horn < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin būculus bullock, young ox, equivalent to bū- variant stem of bōs ox + -culus -cle1
Related forms
bugler, noun
Examples from the web for bugler
  • Long taps tribute to highlight bugler scarcity at funerals.
  • Taps will be played by a bugler, if available, or by electronic recording.
British Dictionary definitions for bugler

bugle1

/ˈbjuːɡəl/
noun
1.
(music) a brass instrument similar to the cornet but usually without valves: used for military fanfares, signal calls, etc
verb
2.
(intransitive) to play or sound (on) a bugle
Derived Forms
bugler, noun
Word Origin
C14: short for bugle horn ox horn (musical instrument), from Old French bugle, from Latin būculus young bullock, from bōs ox

bugle2

/ˈbjuːɡəl/
noun
1.
any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Ajuga, esp A. reptans, having small blue or white flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates) Also called bugleweed See also ground pine
Word Origin
C13: from Late Latin bugula, of uncertain origin

bugle3

/ˈbjuːɡəl/
noun
1.
a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes for decoration
Word Origin
C16: of unknown origin
Word Origin and History for bugler
n.

1793; see bugle (n.). Bugle-boy attested from 1817.

bugle

n.

mid-14c., abbreviation of buglehorn "musical horn, hunting horn" (c.1300), from Old French bugle "(musical) horn," also "wild ox, buffalo," from Latin buculus "heifer, young ox," diminutive of bos "ox, cow" (see cow (n.)). Middle English also had the word in the "buffalo" sense and it survived in dialect with meaning "young bull." Modern French bugle is a 19c. borrowing from English.

v.

1852, from bugle (n.). Related: Bugled; bugling (1847). Also cf. bugler.

Slang definitions & phrases for bugler

bugle

noun

The nose; beak, schnozz (1865+)