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bugle¹

SYLLABICATION:	bu·gle
PRONUNCIATION:	bygl
NOUN:	Music A brass wind instrument somewhat shorter than a trumpet and lacking keys or valves.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: bu·gled, bu·gling, bu·gles 1. Music To sound a bugle. 2. To give forth a deep, prolonged sound similar to the bay of a hound.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Old French, from Latin bculus, steer, diminutive of bs, ox. See g^wou- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	bugler —NOUN


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