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🎺 A brass instrument 💎 A long bead 🌱 A ground plant 🎺 To play music 🦌 To make a loud call
to bugle

to bugle

7.1
To play a sound on a small brass instrument used for calls
  • verb
  • /ˈbjuːɡl/
translation icon : tocar la corneta
  • That night they put up torches on the battlements and blow bugles, but no one comes in.

Examples

  • As the sun set, the trumpeter began to bugle a beautiful melody for everyone to hear.

  • If it weren't for the army, I wouldn't have learned how to bugle.

    From Here to Eternity (1953)

  • Or was it because you couldn't stand to bugle?

    From Here to Eternity (1953)

  • - To bugle?

    From Here to Eternity (1953)

  • I basically set up like a North Pole breakfast for the boys because yesterday I did the elf bugling down the stairs on like a little bit of card.

  • During the ceremony, the soldier will bugle a traditional military call.

  • The coach instructed the band leader to bugle at the start of the parade.

Synonyms

to pipe
vsto bugle
6 5.4

To play a tune on a small wind instrument like a flute

is used mainly for short signals rather than extended melodies
to trumpet
vsto bugle
3 2.5

Play a brass instrument by blowing into it

focuses on sounding signals rather than playing tunes

Compounds

bugle call
2 5.6

A short tune that someone plays on a bugle to signal a time or event

blue bugle
  • UK
9.3

A plant that lives for several years with upright stems and bright blue flowers

creeping bugle
  • Specialized
9.8

A low plant with spreading stems and spikes of blue flowers that covers bare ground

erect bugle
  • UK
9.9

A plant that grows upright with bright blue flowers each year

pyramid bugle
  • UK
9.9

A low-growing plant that stays green and has blue or purple flowers

yellow bugle
  • UK
9.9

A low-growing plant with yellow flowers that have red dots and smell faintly of pine

How Loud

to blare
50 3.8
to blast
66 4.1
to bugle
7.1
toot
6 2.9
to sound
935 1.0

Surface Forms

bugle infinitive
bugled past
bugled past participle
bugling present participle
bugles third person singular

Etymology

Bugle as a verb meaning to play a sound comes directly from the instrument: to bugle is to sound the bugle. That's why soldiers 'bugle' at sunrise or during ceremonies.