fife

About 0.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
2. verb To play this instrument.
3. numeral Used instead of five in radio communications, especially NATO and ICAO, to avoid confusion with fire or nine.

Similar words

piercing fifi five cupar cookson tin whistle fiddle piccolo piffero slide whistle

Often followed by

and of in was to is had or as

Word family

Fife Fifeshire fifes