noun

bugle

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noun

A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.

"A lone bugle played the last post at the war memorial."

"The camp woke to the sound of a bugle every morning."

verb

To sound a call in the manner of a bugle, or to announce something loudly.

"The elk bugled across the valley at dusk."

How to Use Bugle

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA simple military-style brass horn, or the sound it makes.

Common mistake

Don't confuse with "bugler" (the person who plays it) — a common spelling mix-up.

Common pairings

sound the bugle a bugle call blow a bugle

more bugle comparative, bugled past tense, bugles plural, bugles plural, bugles plural, bugles singular, most bugle superlative

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From Middle English bugle, via Anglo-Norman from Latin buculus, "young ox" — bugles were originally made from ox horn.