bugle

  • 21bugle — n. 1) to blow, play a bugle 2) a bugle sounds * * * [ bjuːg(ə)l] play a bugle a bugle sounds to blow …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22bugle — [14] Bugle originally meant ‘buffalo’ or ‘bull’. It comes via Old French bugle from Latin būculus, a diminutive form of bos ‘ox’ (a relative of English cow). It was used from the early 14th century in the compound bugle horn, denoting a bull’s… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23bugle — I. /ˈbjugəl / (say byoohguhl) noun 1. a cornet like military wind instrument, usually metal, used for sounding signals and sometimes fitted with keys or valves. 2. Colloquial the nose. –verb (i) (bugled, bugling) 3. to sound a bugle. 4. to make a …

  • 24bugle — [14] Bugle originally meant ‘buffalo’ or ‘bull’. It comes via Old French bugle from Latin būculus, a diminutive form of bos ‘ox’ (a relative of English cow). It was used from the early 14th century in the compound bugle horn, denoting a bull’s… …

    Word origins

  • 25bugle — bu|gle [ˈbju:gəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: bugle horn instrument made from buffalo horn, bugle (13 16 centuries), from bugle buffalo (13 17 centuries), from Old French, from Latin buculus, from bos ox, cow ] a musical instrument like a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26bugle — bugle1 noun (also bugle horn) a brass instrument like a small trumpet, traditionally used for military signals. verb sound a bugle. Derivatives bugler noun Origin ME (in the sense wild ox ): via OFr. from L. buculus, dimin. of bos ox ; hence… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 27bugle — n. 1. Hunting horn, bugle horn. 2. (Mil.) Call bugle, key bugle. 3. Elongated bead, drop ornament …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 28bugle — {{#}}{{LM B06186}}{{〓}} {{[}}bugle{{]}} ‹bu·gle› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Instrumento musical de viento y de metal, formado por un largo tubo cónico enrollado de diversas maneras: • Los bugles se usaban en la Edad Media en las cacerías y hoy se usan en… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 29bugle — 1. n. & v. n. (also bugle horn) a brass instrument like a small trumpet, used esp. by huntsmen and for military signals. v. 1 intr. sound a bugle. 2 tr. sound (a note, a call, etc.) on a bugle. Derivatives: bugler n. buglet n. Etymology: ME, orig …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 30bugle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin bugula Date: 13th century any of a genus (Ajuga) of plants of the mint family; especially a European annual (A. reptans) that has spikes of blue flowers and is naturalized in… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary