bugle: Meaning and Definition of

bu•gle

Pronunciation: (by'gul), [key]
— n., v., -gled, -gling.
—n.
  1. a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals.
—v.i.
  1. to sound a bugle.
  2. (of bull elks) to utter a rutting call.
—v.t.
  1. to call by or with a bugle: to bugle reveille.

bu•gle

Pronunciation: (by'gul), [key]
— n.
  1. ajuga.

bu•gle

Pronunciation: (by'gul), [key]
— n.
  1. Also calleda tubular glass bead used for ornamenting dresses.
—adj.
  1. ornamented with bugles.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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