BUGLE CALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bugle call mean? 

• BUGLE CALL (noun)
  The noun BUGLE CALL has 1 sense:

1. a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle

  Familiarity information: BUGLE CALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUGLE CALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bugle call" is a kind of...):

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bugle call"):

recall (a bugle call that signals troops to return)

lights-out; taps ((military) signal to turn the lights out)

reveille; wake-up signal ((military) signal to wake up)

retreat ((military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset)

tattoo (a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters)

 Context examples 

A stern, clear bugle call had sounded close at hand to summon some following together for the night.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Already the ten champions had assembled in front of the prince to receive his award, when a harsh bugle call from the further end of the lists drew all eyes to a new and unexpected arrival.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)