piper

[ pahy-per ]

noun
  1. a person who plays on a pipe.

  2. a bagpiper.

Idioms about piper

  1. pay the piper,

    • to pay the cost of something.

    • to bear the unfavorable consequences of one's actions or pleasures: Someday he'll have to pay the piper for all that gambling.

Origin of piper

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English pīpere.See pipe1, -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for piper (1 of 2)

piper

/ (ˈpaɪpə) /


noun
  1. a person who plays a pipe or bagpipes

  2. pay the piper and call the tune to bear the cost of an undertaking and control it

British Dictionary definitions for Piper (2 of 2)

Piper

/ (ˈpaɪpə) /


noun
  1. John. 1903–92, British artist. An official war artist in World War II, he is known esp for his watercolours of bombed churches and his stained glass in Coventry Cathedral

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Other Idioms and Phrases with piper

piper

see call the tune (pay the piper).

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