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piper

[ pahy-per ]
/ ˈpaɪ pər /
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noun

a person who plays on a pipe.
a bagpiper.

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Nearby words

  1. pipefitting,
  2. pipeful,
  3. pipeline,
  4. pipeliner,
  5. pipelining,
  6. piperaceous,
  7. piperacillin,
  8. piperacillin sodium,
  9. piperazine,
  10. piperidine

Idioms

    pay the piper,
    1. to pay the cost of something.
    2. 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

before 1000; Middle English; Old English pīpere. See pipe1, -er1
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for piper

British Dictionary definitions for piper

piper

/ (ˈpaɪpə) /

noun

a person who plays a pipe or bagpipes
pay the piper and call the tune to bear the cost of an undertaking and control it

Piper

/ (ˈpaɪpə) /

noun

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for piper

piper

n.

Old English pipere, agent noun from pipe (v.). As a kind of fish, from c.1600. Expression pay the piper recorded from 1680s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with piper

piper

see call the tune (pay the piper).

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.