bugle
/ˈbjuːɡəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.92 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
noun
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
Example Sentences
- "the bugle of an elk"
- "Then tooke that squire an horne of bugle small, Which hong adowne his side in twisted gold And tassels gay."
- "The tongue so rough, that were it licks, it fetches blood. The Greeks used not these, nor Bugles in Physick, not having tried their vertue; though Indian-woods are full of such, yet parts of them are of more efficacy in medicine, (it is thought) than any part of ordinary Oxen."
- "All in the merry strand, With the ran, ran tan, And the tippy, tippy tran, And away with the royal bow! wow! wow! And the riddle diddle do, And the bugle's horn, For into the woods we'll run, brave boys, And into the woods we'll run."
- "a hunting horn, origin. made of the horn of a "bugle" or wild ox"
- "“It was as though the very constellations knew our impending sorrow,” he bugled, his head raised to the ceiling, his voice full-throated."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bugle, būculus, bugulus, -, bugilla, bugillo
Usage
Inflected Forms
bugles (plural)
bugles (present, singular)
bugling (participle, present)
bugled (participle, past)
bugled (past)
more bugle (comparative)
most bugle (superlative)