How to pronounce hornpipe
American English pronunciation
HORN-pyp
- IPA
- /ˈhɔɹnˌpaɪp/
- Syllables
- HORN · pyp (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What hornpipe means
A lively solo dance once popular with sailors
In a sentence: At the harbor fair, an old sailor danced a hornpipe while the fiddler played.
Where it comes from: It joins horn and pipe. The name first belonged to a wooden pipe, called that because its open end was sometimes made of horn.
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