bagpipe C2 Topic:Art & Music US /ˈbæɡpaɪp/ UK /ˈbæɡpaɪp/ See IPA manual Freq #38634 Meanings 1 noun a wind instrument whose pipes are sounded from air stored in a bag, usually referred to in the plural as bagpipes A lone bagpipe played a slow lament at the ceremony. 2 verb to play the bagpipes or produce a sound resembling them The musician bagpiped at the head of the procession. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a wind instrument whose... bagpipespipes 2 verb · to play the bagpipes or... pipe Word family Derived forms bagpipelikebagpiper Related forms chanterdronepipe Etymology A compound of bag + pipe, recorded in Middle English. The name describes the instrument's defining construction: a reservoir bag supplies a continuous stream of air to one or more pipes. Topics Art & Music External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bagpipe **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈbæɡpaɪp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbæɡpaɪp/ **Frequency rank:** 38634 ## Meanings 1. a wind instrument whose pipes are sounded from air stored in a bag, usually referred to in the plural as bagpipes 2. to play the bagpipes or produce a sound resembling them ## Examples - A lone bagpipe played a slow lament at the ceremony. - The musician bagpiped at the head of the procession. ## Synonyms - bagpipes - pipes ## Derived Forms - bagpipelike - bagpiper ## Related Forms - chanter - drone - pipe ## Etymology A compound of bag + pipe, recorded in Middle English. The name describes the instrument's defining construction: a reservoir bag supplies a continuous stream of air to one or more pipes. ## Topics - Art & Music markdown