bugle Synonyms
Another word for bugle
• noun (Context 1)
A brass wind instrument resembling a small trumpet, typically without valves, traditionally used for sounding military signals.
"The crisp notes of the horn rang out across the camp at dawn to wake the soldiers."
• verb (Context 2)
To sound a bugle or to signal by blowing a bugle.
"The officer bugled the command to assemble before the sun fully rose."
• noun (Context 3)
A creeping herbaceous plant of the mint family, typically bearing small blue flowers, native to Eurasia.
"The gardener planted bugleweed as a resilient ground cover in the shaded corners of the yard."
• verb (Context 4)
To make a loud, resonant vocal sound resembling a horn (especially characteristic of a bull elk during the rutting season).
"We stood quietly at the edge of the forest, listening to a dominant bull elk bugling in the distant meadow."
• noun (Context 5)
A small, tubular glass bead sewn onto garments for decoration.
"Her vintage evening gown was elaborately embroidered with sequins and sparkling black bugles."