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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pip•ing /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Civil Engineeringpipes thought of as a group;
a system of pipes. - Civil Engineeringmaterial formed into pipes.
- the act of a person or thing that pipes.
- the sound or music of pipes.
adj. - Music and Dancemaking a shrill sound:a piping voice.
Idioms- Idioms piping hot, (of food or drink) very hot.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pip•ing (pī′ping),USA pronunciation n. - Civil Engineeringpipes collectively;
a system or network of pipes. - Civil Engineeringmaterial formed into a pipe or pipes.
- the act of a person or thing that pipes.
- the sound of pipes.
- a shrill sound.
- Music and Dancethe music of pipes.
- Fooda cordlike ornamentation made of icing, used on pastry.
- Clothinga tubular band of ornamental material, sometimes containing a cord, used for trimming the edges and seams of clothing, upholstery, etc.
adj. - Music and Dancecharacterized by the peaceful music of the pipe.
- Music and Danceplaying on a musical pipe.
- Music and Dancethat pipes.
- Music and Danceemitting a shrill sound:a piping voice.
- Idioms piping hot, (of food or drink) very hot.
- 1200–50; Middle English (gerund, gerundive); see pipe1, -ing1, -ing2
pip′ing•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: piping /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ n - 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
adj - making a shrill sound
- archaic relating to the pipe (associated with peace), as opposed to martial instruments, such as the fife or trumpet
adv - piping hot ⇒ extremely hot
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pipe1 /paɪp/USA pronunciation n., v., piped, pip•ing. n. [countable] - a tube or cylinder of metal or other material, used for carrying water, gas, etc.:One of the pipes in the kitchen had sprung a leak.
- a tube of wood, clay, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco, etc.:He filled his pipe with tobacco.
- Music and Dance
- a musical wind instrument, as a flute, made of a single tube.
- one of the tubes through which air is forced and from which the tones of an organ are produced:Some of the organ pipes are twenty feet high.
- pipes, [plural] bagpipe.
- Informal Terms pipes, the human vocal cords or the voice, esp. as used in singing.
v. - Music and Danceto play on a pipe: [~ + object]He piped a haunting tune on the bagpipes.[no object]The band had been piping together for several years.
- to speak in a high-pitched or piercing tone:[~ + object]to pipe a command.
- Civil Engineering to carry or send by or as if by pipes or by an electrical wire or cable:[~ + object]to pipe music into the room.
- Slang Terms pipe down, [no object]to stop talking;
be quiet. - pipe up, to make oneself heard, esp. as to get attention if one is being ignored* speak up: [no object]He kept piping up with new ideas.[used with quotations]"But that's just what we like doing,'' he piped up.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pipe1 (pīp),USA pronunciation n., v., piped, pip•ing. n. - 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 and Dance
- 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.
- [Naut.]
- Naval TermsSee boatswain's pipe.
- Naval Termsthe sound of a boatswain's pipe.
- Zoologythe call or utterance of a bird, frog, etc.
- Informal Terms pipes, the human vocal cords or the voice, esp. as used in singing.
- Usually, pipes.
- Music and Dancebagpipe.
- Music and Dancea set of flutes, as a panpipe.
- Informal Termsa tubular organ or passage of a human or animal body, esp. a respiratory passage:to complain of congested pipes.
- Geologyany 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.
- Metallurgya 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.
- Botanythe stem of a plant.
v.i. - Music and Danceto play on a pipe.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto 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.
v.t. - Civil Engineeringto convey by or as by pipes:to pipe water from the lake.
- Civil Engineeringto supply with pipes.
- Music and Danceto play (music) on a pipe or pipes.
- Naval Termsto 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.
- Clothingto trim or finish with piping, as an article of clothing.
- Food[Cookery.]to force (dough, frosting, etc.) through a pastry tube onto a baking sheet, cake or pie, etc.
- Informal Terms, Electricityto convey by an electrical wire or cable:to pipe a signal from the antenna.
- Slang Termsto look at;
notice:Pipe the cat in the hat. - pipe down, [Slang.]to stop talking;
be quiet:He shouted at us to pipe down. - pipe up:
- Music and Danceto begin to play (a musical instrument) or to sing.
- to make oneself heard;
speak up, esp. as to assert oneself. - to increase in velocity, as the wind.
- Latin pīpāre (compare peep2)
- Old French piper to make a shrill sound
- Latin pīpāre; in part
- Vulgar Latin *pīpa, derivative of Latin pīpāre to chirp, play a pipe; (verb, verbal) Middle English pipen; in part continuing Old English pīpian to play a pipe
- (noun, nominal) Middle English, Old English pīpe musical pipe, tube (cognate with Dutch pijp, Low German pīpe, German Pfeife, Old Norse pīpa) bef. 1000
pipe′less, adj. pipe′like′, adj. - 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cheep, chitter, whistle, chirp, peep, trill, twitter, tweet.
pipe2 (pīp),USA pronunciation n. - a large cask, of varying capacity, esp. for wine or oil.
- Weights and Measuressuch a cask as a measure of liquid capacity, equal to 4 barrels, 2 hogsheads, or half a tun, and containing 126 wine gallons.
- such a cask with its contents.
- Middle French, ultimately same as pipe1
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pipe /paɪp/ n - 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
- 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
- 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
vb - to play (music) on a pipe
- (transitive) 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
- (transitive) to signal the arrival or departure of: to pipe the admiral aboard
- (transitive) to convey (water, gas, etc) by a pipe or pipes
- (transitive) to provide with pipes
- (transitive) to trim (an article, esp of clothing) with piping
- (transitive) to force (cream, icing, etc) through a shaped nozzle to decorate food
See also pipe down, pipe upEtymology: Old English pīpe (n), pīpian (vb), ultimately from Latin pīpāre to chirp pipe /paɪp/ n - 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
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French (in the sense: tube, tubular vessel), ultimately from Latin pīpāre to chirp; compare pipe1 |