verb
bagpipe
BAG-pyp
verb
1
To play the bagpipes.
"A lone piper stood on the hillside, bagpiping a slow lament."
noun
1
Informal name for a British Rail Class 33/1 diesel locomotive, so called because of the looping cables fitted at both ends for push-pull working.
"Railway enthusiasts nicknamed the modified locomotives "bagpipes" because of their distinctive jumper cables."
How to Use Bagpipe
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly used as a verb meaning to play the bagpipes; also a railway nickname for a specific type of British locomotive.
Word Forms
bagpiped past tense, Bagpipes plural, bagpipes singular
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Etymology
The locomotive sense comes from the resemblance of the subclass's dangling jumper cables to the pipes of a bagpipe.