Definitions for fipple

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fipple fip·ple

Spelling: [fip-uh l]

IPA: /ˈfɪp əl/

Fipple is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 64 anagrams from letters in fipple (efilpp).

Definitions for fipple

noun

1. a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows.

Origin of fipple

1620-30; perhaps special use of dial. fipple loose lower lip, pouting lip; compare Old Norse flipi lower lip of a horse, Norwegian flipe flap, lappet. See flip^1<

Examples for fipple

The old English fipple flute, or flte bec, is described under the headings Recorder and Flageolet.