fife
noun
a high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups.
fifes
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present tense formof fife (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Then the “sounds of Nazi marches with fifes and drums came through the radio.”
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2025
His supporters, some dressed as American Revolution-era patriots and playing fifes, were thrilled by Ramaswamy’s turn in the spotlight Wednesday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
You heard the muffled drums and the fifes that played lowly.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 6, 2017
Mindy Rosenfeld and Ronn McFarlane will perform a concert of Renaissance, baroque and traditional Celtic music on flutes, fifes, harp and bagpipe.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2013
People were coming into the square from all sides, and down the street we heard the pipes and the fifes and the drums coming.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
