hornpipe
/HH AO1 R N P AY0 P/noun
- 1
A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
- 2
A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
- 3
A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
- 4
Music played to the hornpipe dance
verb
- 1
To dance the hornpipe.
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