bugle

bu·gle (byo̵̅o̅′gəl)

noun

a brass instrument like a trumpet but smaller, and usually without keys or valves: used chiefly for military calls and signals

Etymology: ME, wild ox, drinking horn, hunting horn < OFr < L buculus, heifer, young ox, dim. of bos, ox, cow

intransitive verb, transitive verb -·gled, -·gling

to call or signal by or as by blowing a bugle

bu′·gler noun

bu·gle (byo̵̅o̅′gəl)

noun

a long, tubular glass or plastic bead for trimming dresses, etc.

Etymology: < ? bugle (from the appearance)

adjective

trimmed with bugles

bu·gle (byo̵̅o̅′gəl)

noun

any of a genus (Ajuga) of plants of the mint family, having spikes of white, pink, or blue flowers and often used for ground cover; ajuga

Etymology: ME & OFr < LL bugula, for L bugillo, a plant

Converse of object

hear: I hear the bugle calling, " Goodbye Dolly Gray!
play: Exhibits include the bugle played by Louis Armstrong in 1913.
blow: I'm taking with me the original bugle blown to sound the charge.
have: We currently don't have a bugle In.. .
include: Exhibits include the bugle played by Louis Armstrong in 1913.
sound: You sound the bugle that resonates around the glen signaling an avalanche of boulders on the unsuspecting soldiers.

Adjective modifier

keyed: The soprano instrument was the keyed bugle, whose ancestor is the Renaissance cornetto.
silver: Pouch Black patent leather with silver bugle on flap.
new: In 1992 six new silver bugles were presented to the Last Post Association.
distant: The army of part-time heroes are not rallying to the sound of distant bugles, say officers.

Modifies a noun

horn: The silver bugle horn was the crest of the first Mayor of Blackburn, William Henry Hornby.
bead: A necklace of red and blue glass bugle beads accompanied one of the bodies here.
call: Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you are inclined to act, or not.
band: Here's two observations - Take a bugle band abroad and they will be a novelty, loved wherever they perform.
blow: Why do your eyes gleam old man When you hear those bugles blow?
sound: The bugles sound, signaling that José must return to barracks.

Noun used with modifier

silver: In 1992 six new silver bugles were presented to the Last Post Association.

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