Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hornpipe

3 senses of hornpipe

Sense 1
hornpipe -- (a British solo dance performed by sailors)
       => folk dancing, folk dance -- (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))

Sense 2
hornpipe -- (music for dancing the hornpipe)
       => dance music -- (music to dance to)

Sense 3
hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhorn -- (an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone)
       => single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind -- (a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))