torvi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bugle noun A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.
- dimwit noun An informal, mildly insulting term for a stupid or slow-witted person.
- horn noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.
- pipe noun A rigid tube used to carry water, gas, or other fluids.
- prat noun A foolish or contemptible person (British informal).
- trumpet noun A brass musical instrument played by buzzing the lips into a mouthpiece, typically with valves to change pitch.
- windpipe noun The tube that carries air from the throat to the lungs; the trachea.
Senses
torvi is used for these senses in English:
- bugle (brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
- bugle A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
- dimwit (pejorative) A person who is deficient in intelligence.
- horn (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
- horn (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
- horn (countable, musical instrument) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
- horn (countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
- pipe A tubular passageway in the human body such as a blood vessel or the windpipe. [from 14th c.]
bugle — full definition
- noun A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.
- verb To sound a call in the manner of a bugle, or to announce something loudly.