fluit

Definitions of fluit
  1. noun
    a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
    synonyms: fluitje, traverso
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    piccolo, piccolofluit, piccoloïst
    a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute
  2. noun
    a tubular wind instrument
    synonyms: fluitje
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    doedel, doedelzak
    a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
    baspijp, bourdon
    a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
    blokfluit, recorder
    a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
    syrinx
    a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
    stemfluitje
    a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
    altblokfluit, altfluit, flageolet, herdersfluit, schalmei
    a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
    danswijsje
    a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
    type of:
    blaasinstrument
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
  3. noun
    the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
  4. noun
    obscene terms for penis
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