单词 | fipple |
释义 | fipple[ fip-uhl ] / ˈfɪp əl / noun Music.a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows. Origin of fipple1620–30; perhaps special use of dial. fipple loose lower lip, pouting lip; compare Old Norse flipi lower lip of a horse, Norwegian flipe flap, lappet. See flip1, flap, flabby Words nearby fippleFionn, fiord, fiorin, fioritura, fippenny bit, fipple, fipple flute, fiqh, fir, Firbank, Firbolg Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fipple
British Dictionary definitions for fipplefipple / (ˈfɪpəl) / nouna wooden plug forming a flue in the end of a pipe, as the mouthpiece of a recorder a similar device in an organ pipe with a flutelike tone Word Origin for fippleC17: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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