hornpipe
hornpipe noun: a musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
Noun
hornpipe (plural hornpipes)
- 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
hornpipe (third-person singular simple present hornpipes, present participle hornpiping, simple past and past participle hornpiped)
- To dance the hornpipe.
hornpipe meaning in Urdu
hornpipe in Urdu
- دھمال, نچکیل, ذرنا
Forms of hornpipe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hornpipes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hornpipes |
| present participle | hornpiping |
| past participle | hornpiped |
| past | hornpiped |
Origin of hornpipe
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 formed from hornpipe
Questions about hornpipe
- What does hornpipe mean?
- Hornpipe means a musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
- What is hornpipe in Urdu?
- Hornpipe in Urdu is دھمال, نچکیل, ذرنا. See Hornpipe meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is hornpipe?
- Hornpipe can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of hornpipe?
- The plural of hornpipe is hornpipes.
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