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BUGLE CALL
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I. (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)
