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Fife

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noun. A small, high-pitched, transverse flute used primarily to accompany drums in a military or marching band.

intransitive verb. To play a fife.

intransitive verb. To perform (a piece or tune) on or as if on a fife.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. A musical instrument of the flute class, usually having a compass of about two octaves upward from the second D above the middle C; a piccolo, or a flute of still higher pitch: much used in military music, particularly with drums.

noun. In organ-building, a piccolo stop.

To play the fife, or to execute on a fife: as, to fife in a band; to fife a tune.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.

noun. a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.

noun. A railing around the break of a poop deck.

intransitive verb. To play on a fife.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band

Word Usage

"The effective centre of my Own fife is the Province of Quebec and I would not have it otherwise."

Form

fifed fifing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

flute transverse flute

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Life co-wife knife life rife

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

accordion bagpipe bodhran bugle cello

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

English horn Pandean pipe aulos bagpipe basset horn

verb-form

fifed fifes fifing