panpipe

American  

[pan-pahyp] / ˈpænˌpaɪp /

Or Pan's pipes,

noun

1. a primitive wind instrument consisting of a series of hollow pipes of graduated length, the tones being produced by blowing across the upper ends.

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Etymology

Origin of panpipe

First recorded in 1810–20; Pan + pipe ¹

Example Sentences

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panpipe

For all her peculiar complexity, my classmates wrote Enya off as easy listening, on par with panpipe Muzak.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021

When she escapes by turning herself into a reed, Pan plucks 10 reeds from the ground and creates the first panpipe, declaring it “the melodious voice of his beloved.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2019

It was inspired by the panpipe songs that he heard being played by South American buskers on the plaza of the Centre Pompidou, outside the institute.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018

While campaigning he sometimes played the zampoña, an Andean panpipe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2016

After the last girl gives her speech, a band comes onstage, an indigena band, playing the panpipe music MacGyver played on his cassette years ago.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau