Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 9 compound words that contain piper. The most common are listed below. Open piper in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- Pied PiperA folk tale or legend, dating back to the Middle Ages, about a ratcatcher in variegated attire, hired by the German town of Hamelin, who is not paid for his services and retaliates by luring away the local children by playing a flute.
- pay the piperTo pay expenses for something, and thus be in a position to be in control.
- Point PiperA suburb of Sydney in the Woollahra council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- uilleann piperOne who plays uilleann pipes.
- paying the piperpresent participle and gerund of pay the piper
- piper gurnardTrigla lyra, a triglid fish.
- who pays the piper calls the tuneThe individual or entity providing financial resources or sponsorship for an endeavor retains the authority to dictate its execution, direction, or outcome.
- horn-piperAlternative spelling of hornpiper: Someone who plays a hornpipe.
- paid the pipersimple past and past participle of pay the piper
- pays the piperthird-person singular simple present indicative of pay the piper: To pay expenses for something, and thus be in a position to be in control.
- drunk as a piperThoroughly drunk.
- piper gurnardsplural of piper gurnard: Trigla lyra, a triglid fish.
- whoever pays the piper calls the tuneAlternative form of who pays the piper calls the tune: The individual or entity providing financial resources or sponsorship for an endeavor retains the authority to dictate its execution, direction, or outcome.
- he who pays the piper calls the tuneAlternative form of who pays the piper calls the tune: The individual or entity providing financial resources or sponsorship for an endeavor retains the authority to dictate its execution, direction, or outcome.
Compound words 9
- sandpiperAny of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.
- piperlyBefitting a piper (musician who plays a pipe).
- bagpiperOne who plays the bagpipes.
- piperadeAlternative spelling of pipérade: A Basque dish of onions, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéed in olive oil and flavoured with Espelette pepper.
- panpiperSomeone who plays panpipes.
- piperackAlternative form of pipe rack: A rack supporting pipes, power cables and instrument cable trays in petrochemical, chemical and power plants.
- piperadesplural of piperade: A Basque dish of onions, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéed in olive oil and flavoured with Espelette pepper.
- piperamideAn anthelminthic drug N-[4-[4-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]piperazin-1-yl]phenyl]acetamide
- hydropiperWater pepper; a knotweed of species Persicaria hydropiper (formerly Polygonum hydropiper).