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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 bugled -·gled, bugling -·gling

to call or signal by or as by blowing a bugle

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bugle2 definition

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
also bugled bu′·gled
bugle3 definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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