Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who plays the bagpipe.
- noun One who plays on a pipe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, the type of the order Piperaceæ and tribe Prpereæ, characterized by the two to six stamens with distinct anther-cells, and an obtuse or slightly beaked ovary crowned with from two to five stigmas, becoming in fruit a small berry.
- noun One who or that which pipes; one who plays on a pipe.
- noun Specifically
- noun In ornithology:
- noun A sandpiper or sandpeep; a bird of the genus Tringa or some related genus, as Ereunetes. See cuts under Ereunetes, sandpiper, and stint.
- noun A young squab; a newly hatched pigeon.
- noun In ichthyology:
- noun The most general English name of the lyre-gurnard, Trigla lyra.
- noun An exocœtoid fish, Hemirhamphus intermedius, with an elongate body and ensiform lower jaw, common in New Zealand, and esteemed for its flesh as well as for the sport it gives. Also called garfish, ihi, and halfbeak.
- noun A kind of caddis-worm. See the quotation.
- noun The piper-urchin.
- noun In apiculture, an after-swarm having a virgin queen. Phin, Dict.
- noun See the quotation.
- noun In ichthyology: Same as
balao . - noun In Newfoundland, a haddock which is only half dried.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
pepper . - noun (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
- noun A common European gurnard (
Trigla lyra ), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines. - noun A sea urchin (
Goniocidaris hystrix ) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts. - noun to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
musician who plays apipe . - noun A
bagpiper . - noun A baby
pigeon . - noun A common European
gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp,opercular spines. - noun A
sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who plays the bagpipe
- noun type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
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Examples
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(Molly: the piper is Allan MacDonald.) posted by John at 8: 52 PM
Some Piping for the Weekend. . . John 2009
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The piper is playing a set of Scottish Smallpipes with a chanter in A.
Some Piping for the Weekend. . . . John 2009
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(Molly: the piper is Allan MacDonald.) posted by John at 8: 52 PM
27 July -- Bl Titus Brandsma, O. Carm. John 2009
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The piper is playing a set of Scottish Smallpipes with a chanter in A.
May 30 -- St Joan of Arc John 2009
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The piper is unknown to me; she's listed only as "Celia" on the site. posted by John at 6: 56 PM
Oh, Fine. Just Fine. John 2008
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Sure, the piper is likely calling NRCC chair Tom Reynolds thanks to the Foley scandal, but the actual impact of the saga is not nationwide, and may be limited to only six seats based on the Democrats 'own internal polling.
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As a mere Sassenach, I am quite intimidated by the presence of yourself and the piper from the 48th.
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Well 'piper' is Dutch for prick and I lived in Holland and am often called one by tories filling that void where policies used to be....
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... attendance for the "sheep in the swamp" meeting will drop drastically now that the lead pied piper is skipping it.
Palin tells RNC to remove her name from fundraising invite 2010
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I think that the piper will be around for a payment in the form of bad ratings and reduced circulations come next spring.
The Productivity Story, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
kbbwordie commented on the word piper
a person who is overly hiper and piped up to the point where their aqquaintences will think something is wrong.
January 15, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word piper
Hernesheir's wife's given name.]
January 15, 2009