WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
bag•pipe /ˈbægˌpaɪp/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Music and DanceOften, bagpipes.[plural] a reed instrument made up of a melody pipe and other pipes sounded by air forced out of a leather bag.
bag•pipe
(bag′pīp′),USA pronunciation n., v., -piped, -pip•ing.
n.
v.t.
bag′pip′er, n.
n.
- Music and DanceOften, bagpipes. a reed instrument consisting of a melody pipe and one or more accompanying drone pipes protruding from a windbag into which the air is blown by the mouth or a bellows.
v.t.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.
- Middle English baggepipe. See bag, pipe1 1300–50
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