Home › Words › F › fipplefipple/ˈfɪpəl/fipple means the mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway.fipple is pronounced /ˈfɪpəl/.EtymologyPerhaps related to Icelandic flipi (“the lip of a horse”).nounThe mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.blockflute 76% match — A musical instrument of the woodwind family constructed using a fipple plug; a recorder. vs fipple →flageolet 66% match — A type of small flute of the fipple family. vs fipple →waldflute 61% match — A kind of large flue pipe for an organ. vs fipple →fluework 59% match — A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork. vs fipple →airpipe 58% match — A pipe or tube through which air flows. vs fipple →endbutton 57% match — In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument. vs fipple →flutework 56% match — Fluted ornamentation; groovework. vs fipple →koncovka 55% match — A kind of overtone fipple flute with no finger holes from Slovakia. vs fipple →