hornpipe

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8

Definition of hornpipe

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
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noun

  1. A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
  2. A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
  3. A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
  4. Music played to the hornpipe dance

verb

  1. (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.

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Words you can make from hornpipe

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2 words

6-letter words

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3-letter words

38 words

2-letter words

19 words

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