Bugle
noun
A musical instrument like a small trumpet, usually without valves or keys.
The soldier played the bugle at dawn.
Often appears as...
- blow a bugle
- bugle call
noun
A tall plant with blue or white flowers.
There were some bugles flowering in the meadow.
Often appears as...
- bugle plant
- bugle flowers
noun
A small tube of glass or plastic, often in the shape of a cone, used in making beadwork.
She used blue and green bugles to make the bead necklace.
Often appears as...
- bugle beads
- seed bugles
noun
A tube-shaped snack made of cornmeal.
He ate a handful of bugles while watching the movie.
Often appears as...
- bugles snack
- bugles crisps
noun
A musical instrument like a small trumpet, usually without valves or keys.
The soldier played the bugle at dawn.
Often appears as...
- blow a bugle
- bugle call
noun
A tall plant with blue or white flowers.
There were some bugles flowering in the meadow.
Often appears as...
- bugle plant
- bugle flowers
noun
A small tube of glass or plastic, often in the shape of a cone, used in making beadwork.
She used blue and green bugles to make the bead necklace.
Often appears as...
- bugle beads
- seed bugles
noun
A tube-shaped snack made of cornmeal.
He ate a handful of bugles while watching the movie.
Often appears as...
- bugles snack
- bugles crisps
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Use
The bugle is often associated with military and commemorative events.
A bugle echoed across the cemetery during the memorial service.
Pro Tip 2/3Signal Device
In historical contexts, the bugle was used to signal commands to soldiers.
The bugle call signaled the troops to advance.
Pro Tip 3/3Simple Melody
Bugles play simple tunes due to the lack of valves.
The bugle melody carried clear and strong over the parade ground.
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Video examples
The strange story of the...
and gone back to camp for lunch, so his hunting guide cracked the animal on the top of the head with the butt of his rifle, and then tied it up to a tree and started tooting away on his bugle to call Roosevelt back so he could have the honor of shooting it. The bear was a female.
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you can see is providing us with his fifth leg there lion bugle Google do you want to know if Elif elephants adult elephants sleep standing up and they can they can lean against the tree they can stand on just
Video examples
The strange story of the...
and gone back to camp for lunch, so his hunting guide cracked the animal on the top of the head with the butt of his rifle, and then tied it up to a tree and started tooting away on his bugle to call Roosevelt back so he could have the honor of shooting it. The bear was a female.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 129 PIPE...
you can see is providing us with his fifth leg there lion bugle Google do you want to know if Elif elephants adult elephants sleep standing up and they can they can lean against the tree they can stand on just
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Quote examples
Hugh Masekela
South African Musician
For me to want to play the trumpet was a very, very odd thing for my clan as a whole. One of my uncles was a high school principal, and he referred to my trumpet as a bugle, which really hurt me.
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Tom Berenger
American Actor
Rough Riders took 13 weeks to shoot, plus a week of training. The same guy trained us trained the cast in Platoon. Except, instead of radios, we used bugles to signal.
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Sylvester Stallone
American Actor
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
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Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian Musician
I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.
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Ann Reinking
American Actress
Dance is such a wonderful, universal expression, even if the bugle beads are wrong.
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Ann Reinking
American Actress
I think of myself, basically, as a very practical person in black bugle beads.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
My first recollection is that of a bugle call.
Quote examples
Hugh Masekela
South African Musician
For me to want to play the trumpet was a very, very odd thing for my clan as a whole. One of my uncles was a high school principal, and he referred to my trumpet as a bugle, which really hurt me.
Quote examples
Tom Berenger
American Actor
Rough Riders took 13 weeks to shoot, plus a week of training. The same guy trained us trained the cast in Platoon. Except, instead of radios, we used bugles to signal.
Quote examples
Sylvester Stallone
American Actor
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
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Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian Musician
I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.
Quote examples
Ann Reinking
American Actress
Dance is such a wonderful, universal expression, even if the bugle beads are wrong.
Quote examples
Ann Reinking
American Actress
I think of myself, basically, as a very practical person in black bugle beads.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
My first recollection is that of a bugle call.
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