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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbjuːgəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbjugəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(byo̅o̅′gəl)

Inflections of 'bugle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
bugles
v 3rd person singular
bugling
v pres p
bugled
v past
bugled
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
bu•gle /ˈbyugəl/USA pronunciation   n., v., -gled, -gling. 
n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dancea brass wind instrument resembling a horn but usually without keys or valves.

v. [no object]
  1. Music and Danceto sound a bugle.
bu•gler, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bu•gle1  (byo̅o̅′gəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -gled, -gling. 
n. 
  1. Music and Dancea brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals.

v.i. 
  1. Music and Danceto sound a bugle.
  2. Animal Behavior(of bull elks) to utter a rutting call.

v.t. 
  1. Music and Danceto call by or with a bugle:to bugle reveille.
  • Latin būculus bullock, young ox, equivalent. to bū- variant stem of bōs ox + -culus -cle1
  • Anglo-French, Old French
  • Middle English bugle (horn) instrument made of an ox horn 1250–1300
bu′gler, n. 

bu•gle2  (byo̅o̅′gəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyajuga.
  • Medieval Latin bugula a kind of plant
  • Old French
  • Middle English 1225–75

bu•gle3  (byo̅o̅′gəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. ClothingAlso called bu′gle bead′. a tubular glass bead used for ornamenting dresses.

adj. 
  1. ClothingAlso, bu′gled. ornamented with bugles.
  • of obscure origin, originally 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bugle /ˈbjuːɡəl/ n
  1. a brass instrument similar to the cornet but usually without valves: used for military fanfares, signal calls, etc
 vb
  1. (intransitive) to play or sound (on) a bugle
Etymology: 14th Century: short for bugle horn ox horn (musical instrument), from Old French bugle, from Latin būculus young bullock, from bōs oxˈbugler n
bugle /ˈbjuːɡəl/ n
  1. any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Ajuga, esp A. reptans, having small blue or white flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Late Latin bugula, of uncertain origin
bugle /ˈbjuːɡəl/ n
  1. a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes for decoration
Etymology: 16th Century: of unknown origin
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