'Piping' definitions:
Definition of 'piping'
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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
Synonyms of 'piping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- adjutage,
- argute,
- at peace,
- balmy,
- bloodless,
- blooming,
- blossoming,
- booming,
- calm,
- catheter,
- clear,
- concordant,
- creaky,
- drainpipe,
- ear-piercing,
- efflux tube,
- exuberant,
- fair,
- fat,
- fire hose,
- flourishing,
- flowering,
- flue pipe,
- fruiting,
- funnel,
- garden hose,
- gas pipe,
- going strong,
- halcyon,
- high,
- hose,
- hosepipe,
- howling,
- idyllic,
- in full swing,
- in good case,
- keen,
- keening,
- nipple,
- orderly,
- organ pipe,
- pacific,
- palmy,
- pastoral,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- peacetime,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- pipe,
- pipeline,
- pipette,
- prospering,
- quiet,
- reed,
- reed pipe,
- reedy,
- restful,
- rosy,
- screaky,
- screeching,
- screechy,
- serene,
- sharp,
- shrieking,
- shrieky,
- shrill,
- siamese,
- siamese connection,
- siphon,
- sleek,
- snorkel,
- soft,
- soil pipe,
- squeaking,
- squeaky,
- standpipe,
- steam pipe,
- stem,
- straw,
- tap,
- thin,
- thriving,
- tranquil,
- treble,
- tube,
- tubing,
- tubulation,
- tubule,
- tubulet,
- tubulure,
- ululant,
- untroubled,
- vigorous,
- wailing,
- waste pipe,
- water pipe,
- whining,
- whistling
Words containing 'Piping'
- Pipe,
- Piped,
- pipe down,
- pipe in,
- pipe up,
- pipeful,
- pipes,
- Blast pipe,
- Breeches pipe,
- Chain pipe,
- Clyster pipe,
- Dry pipe,
- Dutchman's pipe,
- Eduction pipe,
- Escape pipe,
- Exhaust pipe,
- Feed pipe,
- Flue pipe,
- Flute pipe,
- Indian pipe,
- Induction pipe,
- Injection pipe,
- Mouth pipe,
- Paddock pipe,
- Padow pipe,
- Pan's pipes,
- Pandean pipes,
- Petticoat pipe,
- Pipe clay,
- Pipe fitter,
- Pipe fitting,
- Pipe layer,
- Pipe laying,
- Pipe office,
- Pipe tongs,
- Pipe tree,
- Pipe wrench,
- Piping crow,
- Piping frog,
- Piping hot,
- Piping roller,
- Pistol pipe,
- Pitch pipe,
- Pudding pipe,
- Quail pipe,
- Reed pipe,
- Return pipe,
- Salmon pipe,
- Sand pipe,
- Service pipe,
- Side pipe,
- Socket pipe,
- Soil pipe,
- Steam pipe,
- Suction pipe,
- Throat pipe,
- Toad pipe,
- Tobacco pipe,
- Waste pipe,
- Water pipe,
- briar pipe,
- calabash pipe,
- clay pipe,
- corncob pipe,
- discharge pipe,
- drilling pipe,
- drone pipe,
- fipple pipe,
- labial pipe,
- melody pipe,
- musette pipe,
- organ pipe,
- pandean pipe,
- peace pipe,
- pipe bomb,
- pipe bowl,
- pipe clamp,
- pipe cleaner,
- pipe cutter,
- pipe dream,
- pipe line,
- pipe major,
- pipe of peace,
- pipe organ,
- pipe privet,
- pipe rack,
- pipe roll,
- pipe smoker,
- pipe vine,
- pipe vise,
- pipes of Pan,
- piping guan,
- piping plover,
- riser pipe,
- shepherd's pipe,
- sparge pipe,
- tabor pipe,
- Dutchman's-pipe,
- Hogger-pipe,
- Pipe-line,
- Piping crow shrike,
- Reducing pipe fitting,
- To pipe in an ivy leaf,
- To smoke the pipe of peace,
- Twire-pipe,
- pipe-clay,
- pudding pipe tree,
- Tobacco-pipe clay,
- Tobacco-pipe fish,
- piping crow-shrike