Bagpipe

Word BAGPIPE
Character 7
Hyphenation bag pipe
Pronunciations /ˈbæɡˌpaɪp/

Definitions and meanings of "Bagpipe"

What do we mean by bagpipe?

A musical instrument having a flexible bag inflated either by a tube with valves or by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe, and from one to four drone pipes. noun

To cause to resemble a bagpipe.

A musical wind-instrument consisting of a leathern bag, which receives the air from the mouth, or from bellows, and of pipes, into which the air is pressed from the bag by the performer's elbow. noun

To make to look like a bagpipe. transitive verb

To lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging. transitive verb

A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland. noun

Singular of bagpipes (normally used in plural) noun

Attributive form of bagpipe noun

To play the bagpipes. verb

A tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone noun

To play the bagpipes.

To lay (the mizzen) aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging.

To masturbate a person's penis in one's armpit.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bagpipe

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The word "bagpipe" in example sentences

Of course I admit that whether the bagpipe is a musical instrument or not is a matter of argument, for just what constitutes music my Irish friend, George Bernard Shaw, says is a point of view. ❋ Elbert Hubbard (1885)

The symphonia is thought by some to be the bagpipe, which is called sampogna by the modern Italians: by others it is regarded as a sort of organ. ❋ George Rawlinson (1857)

The skirl of a bagpipe was the only sound as the service began. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We had a full time saxophone who played the "bagpipe" sounding parts which to my knowledge were performed on a guitar with an eBow. ❋ Jeff C (2010)

The man took in the situation at a glance, and came to Billy's rescue, making the snake uncoil itself by playing on a kind of bagpipe, a queer, weird, monotonous piece of music. ❋ Frances Trego Montgomery (1891)

The Slovaks of the north play a kind of bagpipe, which reminds one of the Scotch ones; but the songs of the Slovak have got very much mixed with the Hungarian. ❋ Various (1885)

+ The dulcimer, (Daniel 3: 5) a kind of bagpipe with two shrill reeds. ❋ Unknown (1884)

We have a small outboard motor boat and the roar of it sounds like the drone note on a bagpipe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We can retire into our bagpipe bubble immune from the fiduciary maelstrom raging above. ❋ John (2009)

The company says more than 20,000 motorcyclists converged on the South African resort town of Margate in late April for the company's annual Africa Bike Week festival, promoting the Harley "lifestyle" and featuring a local bagpipe band, a Pretoria rock band called Black Era and snacks such as grilled springbok. ❋ James R. Hagerty (2011)

No; so let's keep our sanity intact and our bagpipe manufacturers free from recession. ❋ John (2009)

The high sides kept the turkey from escaping -- sort of in the same way that Twilight Zone episode with the soldier, clown, hobo, dancer, and bagpipe player stuck in a big smooth-sided prison were unable to escape. ❋ P_n_elrod (2009)

As with nature you will learn that in times of turmoil the bagpipe provides all the mental ballast you need and an entertaining distraction once you tire of counting your moolah. ❋ John (2009)

So I sing Amazing Grace as I roar across the lake and to me it sounds like a bagpipe concert! ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the young Winston Churchill said that given plain food and a philosophical attitude man could survive anything he forgot one thing - a good going bagpipe. ❋ John (2009)

There is even a section entitled: "An Even-Handed Acknowledgment of Both Families' Cultural Heritage", whose moral is that taiko drummers Tomine has Japanese roots and bagpipe players do not, under any circumstances, mix. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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