calliope

Examples

• All

• The music of the calliope built to a frenzy and swept him up in its jaunty rhythm.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The calliope blared on one of the riverboats.

  Fiction book (2002)

• A ship on the river sang with a steam calliope.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The music of the calliope shrieked to a climax and fell still.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The calliope began "Tell Them That You Saw Me," a sentimental hit everyone was humming.

  Fiction book (1993)

• As the boat steamed away, it saluted the port with music of its own from the huge calliope that adorned the stern.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Carnival sounds—calliope music and the seductive cry of barkers, their pitches unintelligible in the distance—rose to his ears.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The mocking strains of the calliope drifted up to enfold him—that and his own voice, crying ghostly out of the distance.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Children laughed and danced to the lively music of the calliope at the county fair.

• As the sun set, the nostalgic sounds of the calliope could be heard from the amusement park.

Synonyms

S

steam organ

vscalliope

• Archaic

9.7

A musical instrument that uses hot air to make whistles played by a keyboard

is typically linked to circuses and fairs rather than general contexts

Surface Forms

Etymology