hornpipe

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a fast dance for one person, traditionally performed by sailors; the music for the dance

Rate this entry

About this entry

This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

hornpipeEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus hornpipeEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

Nearby in the dictionary

hopper hopscotch horde horizon horizontal hormone hormone replacement therapy horn hornbeam horned hornet

Frequently asked questions

Where does this definition of hornpipe come from?

This entry for hornpipe is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.

Is hornpipe a noun, verb, or something else?

In this entry, hornpipe is tagged as noun.

Does hornpipe appear elsewhere on Lughet?

Yes — hornpipe appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.

What is Lughet?

Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.

hornpipe