hornpipe
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- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of hornpipe
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
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noun
- A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
- A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
- A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
- Music played to the hornpipe dance
verb
- (intransitive)To dance the hornpipe.
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Etymology
From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
Words you can make from hornpipe
124 playable · top: HOPPIER (14 pts)
Best play hoppier 14 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
38 words- HOPE 9 pts
- PHEO 9 pts
- PHON 9 pts
- PEPO 8 pts
- PERP 8 pts
- PIPE 8 pts
- POPE 8 pts
- PREP 8 pts
- PROP 8 pts
- REPP 8 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- HERO 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- HOER 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- HORN 7 pts
- NOPE 6 pts
- OPEN 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PEON 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PION 6 pts
- PIRN 6 pts
- PONE 6 pts
- PORE 6 pts
- PORN 6 pts
- REPO 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- ROPE 6 pts
- INRO 4 pts
- IRON 4 pts
- NOIR 4 pts
- NORI 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENO 4 pts
3-letter words
38 words- HEP 8 pts
- HIP 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- PHI 8 pts
- PHO 8 pts
- POH 8 pts
- PEP 7 pts
- PIP 7 pts
- POP 7 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- RHO 6 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
2-letter words
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