bagpipe
part of speech
noun (a bagpipe, bagpipes — usually «the bagpipes»)
meaning for a pupil
The bagpipes are a musical instrument with a bag that the player fills with air and squeezes, and pipes that make a loud, buzzing sound. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it is a musical instrument in the list of sounds that signaled the people to bow to Nebuchadnezzar's golden image. Interpretation: Jewish tradition reads the music as a test of loyalty. Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah refused to bow, and so they put loyalty to God above the king's command. In the primary lessons: In music lessons and stories about Scotland and Ireland; played at weddings, parades and funerals; it shows Scottish tradition; phrases: play the bagpipes, a bagpipe player (piper).
examples
- that at what time ye hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up; (Writings DAN.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; (Writings DAN.3.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The piper played the bagpipes at the wedding. tree →
- You can hear bagpipes from a long way away. tree →
- Bagpipes are famous in Scotland. tree →
- The bagpipe player wore a kilt. tree →
- Ireland and Spain have their own kinds of bagpipe. tree →
- There they found the ratcatcher playing his bagpipes at the same spot as the evening before. tree →
note
Usually plural: «the bagpipes», «play the bagpipes». A player is a «piper». Myth: bagpipes are not only Scottish; many countries have them.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bagpipe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.