'Piping' definitions:

Definition of 'piping'

From: WordNet
adverb
(used of heat) extremely; "the casserole was piping hot" [syn: piping, steaming]
noun
A thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
noun
A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. [syn: pipe, pipage, piping]
noun
Playing a pipe or the bagpipes

Definition of 'Piping'

From: GCIDE
  • Pipe \Pipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Piped; p. pr. & vb. n. Piping.]
  • 1. To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe. [1913 Webster]
  • A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle. [1913 Webster]
  • As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft. --Marryat. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Piping'

From: GCIDE
  • Piping \Pip"ing\, n.
  • 1. A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings. [1913 Webster] Pipistrel

Definition of 'Piping'

From: GCIDE
  • Piping \Pip"ing\ (p[imac]p"[i^]ng), a. [From Pipe, v.]
  • 1. Playing on a musical pipe. "Lowing herds and piping swains." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Emitting a high, shrill sound. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids. [1913 Webster]
  • Piping crow, Piping crow shrike, Piping roller (Zool.), any Australian bird of the genus Gymnorhina, esp. Gymnorhina tibicen, which is black and white, and the size of a small crow. Called also caruck.
  • Piping frog (Zool.), a small American tree frog ({Hyla Pickeringii}) which utters a high, shrill note in early spring.
  • Piping hot, boiling hot; hissing hot; very hot. [Colloq.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'piping'

From: GCIDE
  • high-pitched \high-pitched\ adj.
  • 1. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of low. [Narrower terms: {adenoidal, pinched, nasal}; altissimo; alto; countertenor, alto; falsetto; peaky, spiky; piping; shrill, sharp; screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing; soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor]
  • Syn: high. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched roof.
  • Syn: steeply pitched, steep. [WordNet 1.5] high-power