In early English, the word bugle meant “wild ox.” The horns of oxen were made into signaling devices for soldiers and hunters, first called bugle horns. Later this was shortened to bugle. …

BUGLE definition: a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals. See examples of bugle used in a sentence.

1. Music To sound a bugle. 2. To produce a loud resonant call, as of a rutting male elk.

/ ˈbju·ɡəl / Add to word list a small brass musical instrument, used esp. in the military, played by blowing into it (Definition of bugle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © …

Definition of bugle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A bugle is a simple brass musical instrument that looks like a small trumpet. Bugles are often used in the army to announce when activities such as meals are about to begin.

A bugle is a very simple brass instrument. Bugles are commonly used in the military to mark parts of the day, including first thing in the morning.