piper
piper (pī′pər)
noun
a person who plays on a pipe; esp., a bagpiper
Etymology: ME pipere < OE
pay the piper
to pay for one's pleasures or bear the consequences of one's actions
piper
n.
pay the piper
Converse of object
- pay: He who pays the piper should call the tune!
- follow: Will the children ever return from following the piper 's tune?
- include: Irish and Scottish musicians also feature in Mayhew's report, including a blind Irish piper, and the English and German street bands.
- have: You don't have to be Scottish to have a piper playing on the most important day of your life.
Converse of subject
- lead: A party had arrived that morn ( led by these three Pipers ) To dedicate a Tablet in - Cathedral of " Wipers " .
- accompany: The cortege would be led through the town accompanied by pipers, horn and flute players and flashlight bearers.
Adjective modifier
- pied: He may want to change his user name to the pied piper from now on.
- Northumbrian: A Northumbrian piper was at Morpeth station last week ( Monday 12 December 2005 ) to greet a new service from Virgin Trains.
- lone: The last key performance was the lone piper playing the haunting Lest We Forget.
- Scots: Among Scots pipers, Neil Dickie takes the view that his tunes should be played exactly as he wrote them.
- Scottish: The sound of a Scottish piper playing a lament filled the air.
- Irish: Irish and Scottish musicians also feature in Mayhew's report, including a blind Irish piper, and the English and German street bands.
Modifies a noun
- today: He is responsible for some beautiful tunes which are commonly played by pipers today.
Noun used with modifier
- uilleann: Most uilleann pipers in Scotland are spread around the country.
- highland: Or employ professional Irish or salsa dancers, a magician, a highland piper or a comedian.
- eleven: Eleven pipers piping and twelve drummers drumming is a simple case of the band getting too big.
- solo: Unique in the UK, Thistle Piping can provide anything from solo pipers to full pipe bands.
- town: But the town pipers supplemented their basic town piping income by giving recitals and playing at dances and weddings.
- bag: So when did the term piper begin to mean Bag piper?
Possessives
- son: A big occasion was a concert in the Anstice Hall when I recited ' Tom, Tom the piper's son ' .
There's Carol like a rolling car, And Martin like a flying bird, And Adam like the Lord's First Word, And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, And Peter like a piper's tune, And Alan like the flowing on Of water. And there's John, like John.
AsTammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious: The piper loud and louder blew; The dancers quick and quicker flew.
And wasna he a roguey, A roguey, a roguey, And wasna he a roguey, The piper o' Dundee?
Browse dictionary entries near piper
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- pipe of peace
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- PIPES
- pipestem
- pipestone
- pipette
- piping
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