bugle
(bjuːgəl )
Word forms: bugles
countable noun
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.
Final bugle sounds for a veteran of two world wars.
Image of bugle
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Collocations:
blow a bugle bugle call
We blew the bugle too soon!
Christianity Today
The top of the tree was crowned by an angel blowing a bugle.
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He blew the bugle three times, which caused the doors of the gateway to open to reveal a large and brightly lit hall.
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It's a bugle call keep fighting for peace we cherish.
The Sun
Perhaps they can get them out of bed ... with a bugle call at 5.30am.
The Sun
As the lights dim, a trumpeter plays a slithering, discombobulated solo - a cracked bugle call?
Times, Sunday Times
The bugle call; the chase continues.
Times, Sunday Times
There survives a sound recording, made in 1890, of a bugle call.
The Times Literary Supplement
- relay an instruction
- relay a signal
- relay a story
- relay final
- relay information
- relay squad
- relay team
- relay the news
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- release a chemical
- release a compilation
- release a detainee
- release a disc
- release a document
- release a documentary
- release a dove
- release a film
- release a finding
- release a flood of
- release a hostage
- release a lever
- release a movie