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noun
A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
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noun
A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
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noun
Music played to the hornpipe dance
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To dance the hornpipe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
a British solo dance performed by sailors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: folk dancing, folk dance
noun
an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pibgorn, stockhorn
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Broader terms: single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind
noun
music for dancing the hornpipe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dance music
History
From Middle English hornpipe, hornpype, hornepipe, equivalent to horn + pipe; so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
