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Definition: Fipple |
FippleNoun1. A wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Fipple \Fip"ple\ (f[~e]r), noun. [perh. from Latin fibula clasp, pin; compare to Prov. English fible stick used to stir pottage.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Fipple |
| English words defined with "fipple": fipple flute, fipple pipe, flageolet ♦ pennywhistle ♦ shepherd's pipe ♦ tin whistle, treble recorder ♦ whistle. (references) |
Expressions using "fipple": fipple flute ♦ fipple pipe. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
chiff fipple | 21 |
fipple | 2 |
chiff fipple flute forum | 2 |
fipple flute | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fipple"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | naebformet mundstykke (mouthpiece). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mondstuk (mouthpiece, nozzle, nozzle-tip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bec. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Mundstueck (mouthpiece, nozzle, nozzle-tip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακροφύσιο (air nozzle, blowpipe, connection, discharge spout, injector, jet, mouthpiece, nozzle, pour spout, spout, spray nozzle, sprue bush). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | becco (beak, bill, billy goat, billygoat, buck, burner, cuckold, he-goat, lip, male goat, mouthpiece, Neb, nozzle, rostrum, spout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feddan millish (fipple flute, recorder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipplefay bico (beak, bill, funnel, incandescent burner, mouthpiece, napkin, Neb, nib, nozzle, pavillion, peak, pouring spout, prickle, speed-change lane, spout, spray nozzle, taper). (various references) boquilla (beak, cigarette holder, cigar-holder, efflux, holder, jet, jet stream, mouth, mouthpiece, nipple, nozzle, nozzle-tip, spray nozzle, thrust, tip). (various references) จุกไม้อุ"ปลายบนของปี่. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fipple": fipples. (additional references) | |
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"Fipple" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Faipule, Ippel, kipple. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fipple" (pronounced fi"pul) |
| 4 | -i" p u l | cripple, nipple, ripple, tipple, triple. |
| 3 | -p u l | ample, Appel, apple, archetypal, businesspeople, carpal, chapel, congresspeople, couple, craftspeople, crumple, decouple, dimple, disciple, episcopal, example, gospel, grapple, hopple, laypeople, maple, metacarpal, multiple, municipal, newspeople, oedipal, opal, papal, people, pimple, pineapple, Popple, principal, principle, pupil, purple, quadruple, quintuple, rumple, salespeople, sample, scalpel, scruple, Semple, simple, spokespeople, staple, steeple, subprincipal, supple, temple, topple, townspeople, trample, uncouple. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-p-p" | |
-2 letters: file, flip, lief, life, lipe, pelf, pile, pipe, plie. | |
-3 letters: elf, fie, fil, lei, lie, lip, pep, pie, pip. | |
-4 letters: ef, el, if, li, pe, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-p-p" | |
+1 letter: fipples, flipped, flipper, pipeful. | |
+2 letters: flappier, flippers, flippest, floppier, floppies, pipefuls. | |
+3 letters: dipperful, flappiest, floppiest. | |
+4 letters: dipperfuls, floppiness. | |
+5 letters: flippancies, pilferproof. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 70 70 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. .--. .--. .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01110000 01110000 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i p p l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 0070 0070 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)407582827871 |
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