bugle

Meaning

Noun

1. A horn used by hunters.
2. A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
3. The sound of something that bugles.
4. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.

Verb

To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.

Adj

jet-black

Synonyms

horn

trumpet

🎺

bugleweed

clarion

cornet

carpetweed

brass

bray

broadcast

bugler

cornetist

flugelhorn

klaxon

laugh

😆

meow

noisemaker

oviduct

roar

sap

saxhorn

toot

trump

blare out

blat out

brass wind

French horn

brass wind instrument

Ajuga

ground pine

yellow bugle

Herba Ajugae

cornett

ajuga

bugle horn

bead

beads

blare

blast

bleat

Translations

clairon

clarín

bugle

σάλπιγγα

clarim

corneta

Günsel

τρομπέτα

Signalhorn

tromba

🎺

Flügelhorn

Horn

Ajuga reptans

σαλπίζω

bugel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbjuːɡəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bugle

In summary

From Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bugle, from Latin būculus (“young bull; ox; steer”).