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Definitions for Piping

[1] pipes collectively; a system or network of pipes.
[2] material formed into a pipe or pipes.
[3] the act of a person or thing that pipes.
[4] the sound of pipes.
[5] a shrill sound.
[6] the music of pipes.
[7] a cordlike ornamentation made of icing, used on pastry.
[8] a tubular band of ornamental material, sometimes containing a cord, used for trimming the edges and seams of clothing, upholstery, etc.
[9] characterized by the peaceful music of the pipe.
[10] playing on a musical pipe.
[11] that pipes.
[12] emitting a shrill sound: a piping voice.
[13] piping hot , (of food or drink) very hot.
[14] a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
[15] a tube of wood, clay, hard rubber, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco, opium, etc.
[16] a quantity, as of tobacco, that fills the bowl of such a smoking utensil.
[17] 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.
[18] Nautical . boatswain's pipe. the sound of a boatswain's pipe.
[19] the call or utterance of a bird, frog, etc.
[20] pipes, Informal . the human vocal cords or the voice, especially as used in singing.
[21] 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.
[22] any of various tubular or cylindrical objects, parts, or formations, as an eruptive passage of a volcano or geyser.
[23] Mining . a cylindrical vein or body of ore. (in South Africa) a vertical, cylindrical matrix, of intrusive igneous origin, in which diamonds are found.
[24] 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.
[25] Botany . the stem of a plant.
[26] to play on a pipe.
[27] Nautical . to signal, as with a boatswain's pipe.
[28] to speak in a high-pitched or piercing tone.
[29] to make or utter a shrill sound like that of a pipe: songbirds piping at dawn.
[30] to convey by or as by pipes: to pipe water from the lake.
[31] to supply with pipes.
[32] to play (music) on a pipe or pipes.
[33] to summon, order, etc., by sounding the boatswain's pipe or whistle: all hands were piped on deck.
[34] to bring, lead, etc., by or as by playing on a pipe: to pipe dancers.
[35] to utter in a shrill tone: to pipe a command.
[36] to trim or finish with piping, as an article of clothing.
[37] Cookery . to force (dough, frosting, etc.) through a pastry tube onto a baking sheet, cake or pie, etc.
[38] Informal . to convey by an electrical wire or cable: to pipe a signal from the antenna.
[39] Slang . to look at; notice: Pipe the cat in the hat.
[40] pipe down , Slang . to stop talking; be quiet: He shouted at us to pipe down.
[41] 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.
[42] pipes collectively, esp pipes formed into a connected system, as in the plumbing of a house
[43] a cord of icing, whipped cream, etc, often used to decorate desserts and cakes
[44] a thin strip of covered cord or material, used to edge hems, etc
[45] the sound of a pipe or a set of bagpipes
[46] the art or technique of playing a pipe or bagpipes
[47] a shrill voice or sound, esp a whistling sound
[48] making a shrill sound
[49] archaic relating to the pipe (associated with peace), as opposed to martial instruments, such as the fife or trumpet
[50] piping hot extremely hot
[51] a long tube of metal, plastic, etc, used to convey water, oil, gas, etc
[52] a long tube or case
[53] 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
[54] Also called: pipeful the amount of tobacco that fills the bowl of a pipe
[55] zoology botany any of various hollow organs, such as the respiratory passage of certain animals
[56] 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
[57] an obsolete three-holed wind instrument, held in the left hand while played and accompanied by the tabor See tabor
[58] the pipes See bagpipes
[59] a shrill voice or sound, as of a bird
[60] a boatswain's pipe the sound it makes
[61] (plural) informal the respiratory tract or vocal cords
[62] metallurgy a conical hole in the head of an ingot, made by escaping gas as the metal cools
[63] a cylindrical vein of rich ore, such as one of the vertical diamond-bearing veins at Kimberley, South Africa
[64] Also called: volcanic pipe a vertical cylindrical passage in a volcano through which molten lava is forced during eruption
[65] US slang something easy to do, esp a simple course in college
[66] put that in your pipe and smoke it informal accept that fact if you can
[67] to play (music) on a pipe
[68] (tr) to summon or lead by a pipe to pipe the dancers
[69] to utter (something) shrilly
[70] to signal orders to (the crew) by a boatswain's pipe (tr) to signal the arrival or departure of to pipe the admiral aboard
[71] (tr) to convey (water, gas, etc) by a pipe or pipes
[72] (tr) to provide with pipes
[73] (tr) to trim (an article, esp of clothing) with piping
[74] (tr) to force (cream, icing, etc) through a shaped nozzle to decorate food
[75] a large cask for wine, oil, etc
[76] a measure of capacity for wine equal to four barrels. 1 pipe is equal to 126 US gallons or 105 Brit gallons
[77] a cask holding this quantity with its contents

Words related to Piping

treble, acute, penetrating, piercing, rank, soprano, sharp, shrill, reeking, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, putrid, rancid, shrieky, shrilly, smelly, strident

Words nearby Piping

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

Origin of Piping

e1before 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)

Other words from Piping

pip·ing·ly , adverb
pipe·less , adjective
pipe·like , adjective
un·piped , adjective

Word origin for Piping

eC14: via Old French (in the sense: tube, tubular vessel), ultimately from Latin pīpāre to chirp; compare pipe 1

Synonyms for Piping

acute, penetrating, piercing, rank, reeking, sharp, shrill, soprano, treble, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, putrid, rancid, shrieky, shrilly, smelly, strident