bagpipe
pronunciation
How to pronounce bagpipe in British English:
UK ['bæɡpaɪp]
How to pronounce bagpipe in American English:
US ['bæɡpaɪp]
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- Noun:
- a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through pipes
Word Origin
- bagpipe (n.)
- late 14c., from bag (n.) + pipe (n.1); originally a favorite instrument in England as well as the Celtic lands, but by 1912 English army officers' slang for it was agony bags. Related: Bagpiper (early 14c.).
Example
- 1. The bagpipe is a sweet musical instrument .
- 2. You think I was just blowing my own bagpipe in that meeting ?
- 3. Why irish bagpipe drops flute ?
- 4. Do you like bagpipe music ?
- 5. Anzac day sydney scottish bagpipe parade .