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- [bag-pahyp]
- /ˈbægˌpaɪp/
- /ˈbæɡ.paɪps/
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- [bag-pahyp]
- /ˈbægˌpaɪp/
Definitions of bagpipes word
- countable noun bagpipes Bagpipes are a musical instrument that is traditionally played in Scotland. You play the bagpipes by blowing air through a pipe into a bag, and then squeezing the bag to force the air out through other pipes. 3
- noun plural bagpipes any of a family of musical wind instruments in which sounds are produced in reed pipes supplied with air from a bag inflated either by the player's mouth, as in the Irish bagpipes or Highland bagpipes of Scotland, or by arm-operated bellows, as in the Northumbrian bagpipes 3
- noun bagpipes Often, bagpipes. a reed instrument consisting of a melody pipe and one or more accompanying drone pipes protruding from a windbag into which the air is blown by the mouth or a bellows. 1
- verb with object bagpipes Nautical. to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward. 1
- noun bagpipes A musical wind instrument having a flexible bag inflated by a tube or bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes. There are several types from different national traditions, each having peculiar characteristics. 1
- noun bagpipes A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds. 0
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Origin of bagpipes
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
First recorded in 1300-50, bagpipe is from the Middle English word baggepipe. See bag, pipe1
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Parts of speech for Bagpipes
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bagpipes popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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