Definitions for sandpiper

sandpiper sand·pi·per

Spelling: [sand-pahy-per]
IPA: /ˈsændˌpaɪ pɛr/

Sandpiper is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 635 anagrams from letters in sandpiper (adeinpprs).

Definitions for sandpiper

noun

  1. any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.

Origin of sandpiper

First recorded in 1665-75; sand + piper

Examples for sandpiper

It is a very similar bird to the Least sandpiper, and about the same size.

It had no tail, but it wagged the hind end of its body just as a sandpiper does.

Meanwhile, the sandpiper has stolen away, I know not when or where.

The water there is so shallow that our governess used to allow us to wander at will, to run on ahead in pursuit of a sandpiper.

I did, indeed, hear part of a wren's song, and the call of the sandpiper; but that was all.

Curiously enough the sandpiper is not aquatic in its habits.

Such a rara avis as the grey phalarope--a wading bird like the sandpiper--occasionally finds its way to the Cotswolds.

After the eagle had passed the sandpiper resumed his feeding.

Round the back of the course The Spot went up to him, followed by sandpiper.

The kingfisher was common; the swallows had not yet taken their flight, and in some places the sandpiper was seen upon the bank.

Word Value for sandpiper
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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