bagpipe

[bag-pahyp]

noun

1. 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.

verb (used with object)

bagpiped, bagpiping 

1. Nautical.,  to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.

bagpipe

/ ˈbæɡˌpaɪp /

noun

1. (modifier) of or relating to the bagpipes

   a bagpipe maker

Other Word Forms

• bagpiper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bagpipe¹

First recorded in 1300–50, bagpipe is from the Middle English word baggepipe. See bag, pipe ¹

Example Sentences

Armed with just a set of bagpipes, the Scotsman played his way into danger when his regiment was in chaos and panic.

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Belief swirled like the skirl of the bagpipes.

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After three hours of worship from Christian music artists, the service opened with bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace.”

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Each side traded insults, trying to outdo the other side with bagpipe music.

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The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.

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