Definitions for fipples

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fipples fip·ple

Spelling: [fip-uh l]

IPA: /ˈfɪp əl/

Fipples is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in fipples (efilpps).

Definitions for fipples

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 fipples

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 fipples

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