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bugles

/ˈbjuɡəlz/

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What does bugles mean?

noun

  1. plural of bugle

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bugle

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbjuɡəlz/

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In a moment or so the first bugles blew, and the multitude began to crumble apart and melt into the theater.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
Near the great Waccamaw road, the bugles of the British were heard sounding the charge.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
More book examples (3)
Unfortunately, Clarke had not yet seen the enemy, and mistaking their bugles for the huntsmen's horns, ordered a halt to see the deer go by.
M. L. (Mason Locke) WeemsThe Life of General Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #846
The bugles called to each other like brazen gamecocks.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
On the other hand the wild-geese probably do not leave the North till they are frozen out, for I have heard their bugles sounding southward so late as the middle of December.
James Russell LowellMy Garden AcquaintanceProject Gutenberg ebook #880