piping

[ pahy-ping ]

/ ˈpaɪ pɪŋ /

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noun

pipes collectively; a system or network of pipes.

material formed into a pipe or pipes.

the act of a person or thing that pipes.

the sound of pipes.

a shrill sound.

the music of pipes.

a cordlike ornamentation made of icing, used on pastry.

a tubular band of ornamental material, sometimes containing a cord, used for trimming the edges and seams of clothing, upholstery, etc.

adjective

characterized by the peaceful music of the pipe.

playing on a musical pipe.

that pipes.

emitting a shrill sound: a piping voice.

Idioms for piping

piping hot, (of food or drink) very hot.

Origin of piping

1200–50; Middle English (gerund); see pipe¹, -ing¹, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM piping

pip·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby piping

pipestone, pipet, pipette, pipewort, pipi, piping, piping hot, pipistrelle, pipit, pipiwharauroa, pipkin

Definition for piping (2 of 2)

pipe ¹

[ pahyp ]

/ paɪp /

noun

a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.

a tube of wood, clay, hard rubber, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco, opium, etc.

a quantity, as of tobacco, that fills the bowl of such a smoking utensil.

Music.

a tube used as, or to form an essential part of, a musical wind instrument.
a musical wind instrument consisting of a single tube of straw, reed, wood, or other material, as a flute, clarinet, or oboe.
one of the wooden or metal tubes from which the tones of an organ are produced.
a small end-blown flute played with one hand while the other beats a small drum.

Nautical.

boatswain's pipe.
the sound of a boatswain's pipe.

the call or utterance of a bird, frog, etc.

pipes, Informal. the human vocal cords or the voice, especially as used in singing.

Usually pipes.

Music. bagpipe.
a set of flutes, as a panpipe.
Informal. a tubular organ or passage of a human or animal body, especially a respiratory passage: to complain of congested pipes.

any of various tubular or cylindrical objects, parts, or formations, as an eruptive passage of a volcano or geyser.

Mining.

a cylindrical vein or body of ore.
(in South Africa) a vertical, cylindrical matrix, of intrusive igneous origin, in which diamonds are found.

Metallurgy. a depression occurring at the center of the head of an ingot as a result of the tendency of solidification to begin at the bottom and sides of the ingot mold.

Botany. the stem of a plant.

verb (used without object), piped, pip·ing.

to play on a pipe.

Nautical. to signal, as with a boatswain's pipe.

to speak in a high-pitched or piercing tone.

to make or utter a shrill sound like that of a pipe: songbirds piping at dawn.

verb (used with object), piped, pip·ing.

to convey by or as by pipes: to pipe water from the lake.

to supply with pipes.

to play (music) on a pipe or pipes.

to summon, order, etc., by sounding the boatswain's pipe or whistle: all hands were piped on deck.

to bring, lead, etc., by or as by playing on a pipe: to pipe dancers.

to utter in a shrill tone: to pipe a command.

to trim or finish with piping, as an article of clothing.

Cookery. to force (dough, frosting, etc.) through a pastry tube onto a baking sheet, cake or pie, etc.

Informal. to convey by an electrical wire or cable: to pipe a signal from the antenna.

Slang. to look at; notice: Pipe the cat in the hat.

Verb Phrases

pipe down, Slang. to stop talking; be quiet: He shouted at us to pipe down.

pipe up,

to begin to play (a musical instrument) or to sing.
to make oneself heard; speak up, especially as to assert oneself.
to increase in velocity, as the wind.

Origin of pipe

before 1000; (noun) Middle English, Old English pīpe musical pipe, tube (cognate with Dutch pijp, Low German pīpe, German Pfeife, Old Norse pīpa) < Vulgar Latin *pīpa, derivative of Latin pīpāre to chirp, play a pipe; (v.) Middle English pipen; in part continuing Old English pīpian to play a pipe < Latin pīpāre; in part < Old French piper to make a shrill sound < Latin pīpāre (cf. peep²)

SYNONYMS FOR pipe

16 cheep, chitter, whistle, chirp, peep, trill, twitter, tweet.

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OTHER WORDS FROM pipe

pipe·less, adjective pipe·like, adjective un·piped, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for piping

When the piping finally concludes, a third man steps forward.

Petra by Night |David Frum |January 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He said he was a retired pipe designer, and had done the piping for the Wild Turkery distillery down the road.

Behind the Scenes at Debate, a Surreal Trip Inside the Spin Zone |David Freedlander |October 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
That sober statement in the piping voice had a strange effect upon Allison.

Then I'll Come Back to You |Larry Evans
“I hear a sound in the wind that is like a sound of piping,” quoth she.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI |Robert Louis Stevenson

Stir steadily with a wooden spoon and, when velvety, serve a-sizzle on piping hot beer-soaked toast.

The Complete Book of Cheese |Robert Carlton Brown
Instead of piping, "Hi, Mr. Crowninshield, did you find out anything?"

Walter and the Wireless |Sara Ware Bassett
Suddenly from somewhere near Ivy there came a thin, piping sound.

IT and Other Stories |Gouverneur Morris

British Dictionary definitions for piping (1 of 3)

piping

/ (ˈpaɪpɪŋ) /

noun

pipes collectively, esp pipes formed into a connected system, as in the plumbing of a house

a cord of icing, whipped cream, etc, often used to decorate desserts and cakes

a thin strip of covered cord or material, used to edge hems, etc

the sound of a pipe or a set of bagpipes

the art or technique of playing a pipe or bagpipes

a shrill voice or sound, esp a whistling sound

adjective

making a shrill sound

archaic relating to the pipe (associated with peace), as opposed to martial instruments, such as the fife or trumpet

adverb

piping hot extremely hot

British Dictionary definitions for piping (2 of 3)

pipe ¹

/ (paɪp) /

noun

a long tube of metal, plastic, etc, used to convey water, oil, gas, etc

a long tube or case

an object made in any of various shapes and sizes, consisting of a small bowl with an attached tubular stem, in which tobacco or other substances are smoked
(as modifier)a pipe bowl

Also called: pipeful the amount of tobacco that fills the bowl of a pipe

zoology botany any of various hollow organs, such as the respiratory passage of certain animals

any musical instrument whose sound production results from the vibration of an air column in a simple tube
any of the tubular devices on an organ, in which air is made to vibrate either directly, as in a flue pipe, or by means of a reed

an obsolete three-holed wind instrument, held in the left hand while played and accompanied by the tabor See tabor

the pipes See bagpipes

a shrill voice or sound, as of a bird

a boatswain's pipe
the sound it makes

(plural) informal the respiratory tract or vocal cords

metallurgy a conical hole in the head of an ingot, made by escaping gas as the metal cools

a cylindrical vein of rich ore, such as one of the vertical diamond-bearing veins at Kimberley, South Africa

Also called: volcanic pipe a vertical cylindrical passage in a volcano through which molten lava is forced during eruption

US slang something easy to do, esp a simple course in college

put that in your pipe and smoke it informal accept that fact if you can

verb

to play (music) on a pipe

(tr) to summon or lead by a pipe to pipe the dancers

to utter (something) shrilly

to signal orders to (the crew) by a boatswain's pipe
(tr) to signal the arrival or departure ofto pipe the admiral aboard

(tr) to convey (water, gas, etc) by a pipe or pipes

(tr) to provide with pipes

(tr) to trim (an article, esp of clothing) with piping

(tr) to force (cream, icing, etc) through a shaped nozzle to decorate food

Derived forms of pipe

pipeless, adjective pipy, adjective

Word Origin for pipe

Old English pīpe (n), pīpian (vb), ultimately from Latin pīpāre to chirp

British Dictionary definitions for piping (3 of 3)

pipe ²

/ (paɪp) /

noun

a large cask for wine, oil, etc

a measure of capacity for wine equal to four barrels. 1 pipe is equal to 126 US gallons or 105 Brit gallons

a cask holding this quantity with its contents

Word Origin for pipe

C14: via Old French (in the sense: tube, tubular vessel), ultimately from Latin pīpāre to chirp; compare pipe 1

Scientific definitions for piping

pipe

[ pīp ]

A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

See volcanic pipe.

Idioms and Phrases with piping

pipe

In addition to the idioms beginning with pipe

pipe down
pipe dream
pipe up

also see:

in the pipeline
lead-pipe cinch
put that in your pipe

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verb (used without object), piped, pip·ing.

verb (used with object), piped, pip·ing.

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verb (used without object), piped, pip·ing.

verb (used with object), piped, pip·ing.

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