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bugle.

A horn used by hunters.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbjuːɡəl/
  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.

    the bugle of an elk
  4. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).

verb/ˈbjuːɡəl/
  1. To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).

noun/ˈbjuːɡəl/
  1. A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim.

Where this word comes from

From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus.

adj/ˈbjuːɡəl/
  1. jet-black

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus.

noun/ˈbjuːɡəl/
  1. A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English bugle (“bugleweed”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French bugle, from Medieval Latin bugilla, probably related to Late Latin bugillo.

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