I. ˈbyügəl noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin bugula
: a plant of the genus Ajuga ; especially : a low European annual ( A. reptans ) with spikes of blue flowers that is now naturalized in parts of the United States
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin buculus, boculus young steer, diminutive of bos head of cattle — more at cow
1. obsolete : a wild ox ; especially : buffalo
2. : a signal horn ; especially : one made of an animal's horn
3.
a. : a brass instrument with a cupped mouthpiece like the trumpet but having a shorter and more conical tube and now chiefly for military and parade use
drum and bugle corps
b. : one of a family of valved brass instruments of sizes grading from flügelhorns to tubas now chiefly used in brass bands — compare euphonium , saxhorn
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III. verb
( bugled ; bugled ; bugling -g(ə)liŋ ; bugles )
transitive verb
: to sound or summon by or as if by a bugle call
intransitive verb
1. : to sound a bugle
2. of bull elks or certain other large deer : to utter a prolonged cry that suggests the sound of a bugle and is the characteristic rutting call
IV. adjective
of a hunting dog : having a strong deep melodious bay
V. noun
or bugle bead
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps from bugle (II) ; from its resemblance to a trumpet
: a small cylindrical bead of glass or plastic used for trimming especially on women's clothing
VI. adjective
1. : like a bugle ; especially : jet-black like most early glass bugles
2. : trimmed or fashioned with bugles
a band of dainty bugle work about the neckline