Piping

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              A robin . . . was piping a few querulous notes. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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     2. (Naut.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's
        whistle.
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              As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft.
                                                    --Marryat.
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     3. To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or
        a building.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of
        the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. --Shak.
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     3. Emitting a high, shrill sound.
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     4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound
        of boiling fluids.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched
        roof.
  
     Syn: steeply pitched, steep.
          [WordNet 1.5] high-power

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  piping
       adj : resembling the music of a pipe; "the piping voices of
             children"
       n 1: a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
       2: a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry
          water or oil or gas etc. [syn: {pipe}, {pipage}]
       3: playing a pipe or the bagpipes
       adv : (used of heat) extremely; "the casserole was piping hot"
             [syn: {steaming}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "piping":
     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
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  piping
       
          {pipe}