Associations to the word «Piper»

Wiktionary

PIPER, noun. A musician who plays a pipe.
PIPER, noun. A bagpiper.
PIPER, noun. A baby pigeon.
PIPER, noun. A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
PIPER, noun. A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
PIPER, noun. Archaic form of pepper.
PIPER, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Piperaceae   — pepper plants that yield the fruit from which the spice is made.
PIPER, proper noun. An occupational surname​.
PIPER, proper noun. A female given name used since the mid-twentieth century, first by the American actress Piper Laurie.
PIPER GURNARD, noun. Trigla lyra, a triglid fish.
PIPER LONGUM, noun. A misspelling for the botanic name Piper longum, a species of genus Piper (pepper)
PIPER LONGUM, noun. A taxonomic species within the family Piperaceae   — the long peppers.

Dictionary definition

PIPER, noun. Someone who plays the bagpipe.
PIPER, noun. Type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King