piping

Plural: pipings

Noun

• A system of pipes; also, decorative trim or shrill sound.
• a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
• a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
• playing a pipe or the bagpipes
• The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
• The sound of musical pipes.
• An act of making music or noise with pipes.
• A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
• An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
• Icing extruded from a piping bag.
• A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
• propagation by cuttings

Verb

• utter a shrill cry
• transport by pipeline
• play on a pipe
• trim with piping
• kill by firing a missile
• hit with a missile from a weapon
• defeat thoroughly
• present participle and gerund of pipe

Adverb

• (used of heat) extremely
  • "the casserole was piping hot"

Adj

• High-pitched.

Examples

• He focused on the PIPING of the referee’s whistle, not the board.
• His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub.

Synonyms

hit, mop up, pip, pipage, pipe, pipe up, rack up, shoot, shriek, shrill, steaming, whip, worst

Related Words

pipelaying, pipetting

Anagrams of piping