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piping definition

pip·ing (pīp′iŋ)

noun

  1. the act of a person who pipes
  2. the music made by pipes
  3. a shrill voice or sound
    1. a system of pipes
    2. pipes collectively
  5. a pipelike fold of material with which edges or seams are trimmed
  6. Cooking ornamental, pipelike lines of icing, as on a cake

adjective

  1. playing on a pipe
  2. characterized by the music of the “peaceful” pipe rather than of the “warlike” drums, trumpets, etc.; hence, peaceful or tranquil
  3. sounding high and shrill
piping Idioms

piping hot

so hot as to hiss or sizzle; very hot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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