Definition of BUGLE

bugle

Meanings

Plural: bugles

Noun

  • a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
  • any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
  • a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration
  • A horn used by hunters.
  • A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
  • The sound of something that bugles.
  • A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
  • A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim
  • A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.

Verb

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

Adj

  • jet-black

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

bugleweed, carpet bugle, common bugle, ground pine, trumpet

Scrabble Score: 8

bugle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bugle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bugle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

bugle is a valid Words With Friends word