BUGLE CALL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)