1. a small, high-pitched flute, typically used in military bands or folk music

1. to play a fife

Examples

• The marching band's fife player led the parade with bright, clear notes.
• She learned to fife in the school's music program.
• The drummer and fifer performed a traditional military tune.
• He picked up the fife and began to play a folk melody.
• The fife's piercing sound could be heard across the entire field.
• During the Revolutionary War, soldiers used drums and fifes to communicate.
• The young musician practiced her fife every afternoon.