Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
bagpipe , especially in shape or sound
Etymologies
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bagpipe + -like
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Examples
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The noises returned full blast, only this time the dominant sound was a bagpipelike squeal.
Sign of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1987
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Generally dispensing with power chords, the group's two lead guitarists, Scotsmen Stuart Adamson (formerly of the Skids) and Bruce Watson, whip up skirling, bagpipelike single-string riffs that, on such crackling tracks as "Fields of Fire," "In a Big Country" and the grandly martial "Harvest Home," are a nonstop, spine-tingling delight.
AvaxHome RSS: 2010
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