piper
noun
Simple meaning
Someone who plays the bagpipe.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
pyperSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpaɪpɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A musician who plays a pipe.
Someone who plays the bagpipe
A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
A bagpiper.
An American aviation manufacturer, Piper Aircraft Inc, named after early owner William T. Piper.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A musician who plays a pipe.
Used this way, piper is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use piper
- “You could hear the piper playing beautiful music from down the street.”noun
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