Used in a Sentence

bagpipe

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bagpipe.

Editorial note

Unqualified, bagpipe usually means Great Highland Bagpipe.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To play the bagpipes.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bagpipe gathered in one view.

verb

To play the bagpipes.

verb

(nautical) To lay (the mizzen) aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging.

verb

(slang) To masturbate a person's penis in one's armpit.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bagpipe.

verb

To play the bagpipes.

verb

(nautical) To lay (the mizzen) aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging.

verb

(slang) To masturbate a person's penis in one's armpit.

noun

(British, rail transport) A British Rail Class 33/1 locomotive.

Example sentences

1

Unqualified, bagpipe usually means Great Highland Bagpipe.

2

But the diatonic scale of the traditional highland bagpipe induces an acoustic claustrophobia, and this would be an escape.

3

My claim to fame in life is having hauled a highland bagpipe up Mt.

4

I’ve just set up a forum for up and coming bagpipe makers (not the loud Scottish kind).

5

If you hear Amazing Grace on a bagpipe you will get the idea.

6

Would it be cheating to add an assist like on a bagpipe?

7

I already missed the sculpture where the bagpipe guy used to play that got taken out for some ChemE building.

8

Then it's stitched back to the shape of the bagpipe.

9

Flute and bagpipe training will commence at 36 months.

10

The bagpipe has a drone (pipe?), andit seems that when many Scots migrated to the US and Appalachia, they tried to find another way to play music using drones.

11

But that's insignificant next to the culture problem, once you decided to make the fifteen minute bagpipe dirge your lead single it doesn't really matter whether you use the colored vinyl.

12

I asked ChatGPT to generate images of a bagpipe.

Quote examples

1

To clarify in case of insult: by "but unqualified" I mean "but, without qualification as to which type of bagpipe".

2

I had no intention to insinuate that "unqualified people" are the only ones who talk about the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe!

3

But keep it all simple and brief." He requested gunfire and bagpipe music, a cheerful and raucous wake, "[a]nd a flood of beer and booze!

4

What is the "working bagpipe demonstrator" in your analogy?

Proper noun examples

1

Disappointingly (but predictably) it chose a tartan covered approximation of a Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bagpipe in a sentence?

Unqualified, bagpipe usually means Great Highland Bagpipe.

What does bagpipe mean?

To play the bagpipes.

What part of speech is bagpipe?

bagpipe is commonly used as verb, noun.