bagpipe

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbæɡˌpaɪp/

Noun

bagpipe (plural bagpipes)

singular of bagpipes (normally used in plural)
attributive formal of bagpipes

Translations

bagpipes — see bagpipes

Verb

bagpipe (third-person singular simple present bagpipes, present participle bagpiping, simple past and past participle bagpiped)

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

Translations

to play bagpipes

Finnish: soittaa säkkipilliä
Georgian: გუდასტვირი (gudasṭviri)

Ido: kornamuzagar

Middle English

Alternative forms

bagpype, bagge pipe

Etymology

From bagge +‎ pipe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡ(ə)piːp(ə)/

Noun

bagpipe

bagpipes

Descendants

English: bagpipe, bagpipes

References

“bagge-pīpe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-06.

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