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pip⋅ing

  [pahy-ping]
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–noun
1. pipes collectively; a system or network of pipes.
2. material formed into a pipe or pipes.
3. the act of a person or thing that pipes.
4. the sound of pipes.
5. a shrill sound.
6. the music of pipes.
7. a cordlike ornamentation made of icing, used on pastry.
8. a tubular band of ornamental material, sometimes containing a cord, used for trimming the edges and seams of clothing, upholstery, etc.
–adjective
9. characterized by the peaceful music of the pipe.
10. playing on a musical pipe.
11. that pipes.
12. emitting a shrill sound: a piping voice.
—Idiom
13. piping hot, (of food or drink) very hot.
Origin:
1200–50; ME (ger.); see pipe 1 , -ing 1 , -ing 2

Related forms:
pip⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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pipe

1  [pahyp] noun, verb, piped, pip⋅ing.
–noun
1. a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
2. a tube of wood, clay, hard rubber, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco, opium, etc.
3. a quantity, as of tobacco, that fills the bowl of such a smoking utensil.
4. Music.
a. a tube used as, or to form an essential part of, a musical wind instrument.
b. a musical wind instrument consisting of a single tube of straw, reed, wood, or other material, as a flute, clarinet, or oboe.
c. one of the wooden or metal tubes from which the tones of an organ are produced.
d. a small end-blown flute played with one hand while the other beats a small drum.
5. Nautical.
a. boatswain's pipe.
b. the sound of a boatswain's pipe.
6. the call or utterance of a bird, frog, etc.
7. pipes, Informal. the human vocal cords or the voice, esp. as used in singing.
8. Usually, pipes.
a. Music. bagpipe.
b. a set of flutes, as a panpipe.
c. Informal. a tubular organ or passage of a human or animal body, esp. a respiratory passage: to complain of congested pipes.
9. any of various tubular or cylindrical objects, parts, or formations, as an eruptive passage of a volcano or geyser.
10. Mining.
a. a cylindrical vein or body of ore.
b. (in South Africa) a vertical, cylindrical matrix, of intrusive igneous origin, in which diamonds are found.
11. Metallurgy. a depression occurring at the center of the head of an ingot as a result of the tendency of solidification to begin at the bottom and sides of the ingot mold.
12. Botany. the stem of a plant.
–verb (used without object)
13. to play on a pipe.
14. Nautical. to signal, as with a boatswain's pipe.
15. to speak in a high-pitched or piercing tone.
16. to make or utter a shrill sound like that of a pipe: songbirds piping at dawn.
–verb (used with object)
17. to convey by or as by pipes: to pipe water from the lake.
18. to supply with pipes.
19. to play (music) on a pipe or pipes.
20. to summon, order, etc., by sounding the boatswain's pipe or whistle: all hands were piped on deck.
21. to bring, lead, etc., by or as by playing on a pipe: to pipe dancers.
22. to utter in a shrill tone: to pipe a command.
23. to trim or finish with piping, as an article of clothing.
24. Cookery. to force (dough, frosting, etc.) through a pastry tube onto a baking sheet, cake or pie, etc.
25. Informal. to convey by an electrical wire or cable: to pipe a signal from the antenna.
26. Slang. to look at; notice: Pipe the cat in the hat.
—Verb phrases
27. pipe down, Slang. to stop talking; be quiet: He shouted at us to pipe down.
28. pipe up,
a. to begin to play (a musical instrument) or to sing.
b. to make oneself heard; speak up, esp. as to assert oneself.
c. to increase in velocity, as the wind.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME, OE pīpe musical pipe, tube (c. D pijp, LG pīpe, G Pfeife, ON pīpa) < VL *pīpa, deriv. of L pīpāre to chirp, play a pipe; (v.) ME pipen; in part continuing OE pīpian to play a pipe < L pīpāre; in part < OF piper to make a shrill sound < L pīpāre (cf. peep 2 )

Related forms:
pipeless, adjective
pipelike, adjective

Synonyms:
16. cheep, chitter, whistle, chirp, peep, trill, twitter, tweet.
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pipe   (pīp)   
n.  

    1. A hollow cylinder or tube used to conduct a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid.

    2. A section or piece of such a tube.

    3. A device for smoking, consisting of a tube of wood, clay, or other material with a small bowl at one end.

    4. An amount of smoking material, such as tobacco, needed to fill the bowl of a pipe; a pipeful.

    5. A tubular part or organ of the body.

    6. pipes The passages of the human respiratory system.

    7. A wine cask having a capacity of 126 gallons or 2 hogsheads (478 liters).

    8. This volume as a unit of liquid measure.

    9. A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.

    10. Any of the tubes in an organ.

    11. pipes A small wind instrument, consisting of tubes of different lengths bound together.

    12. pipes A bagpipe.

    13. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

    14. One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.

    1. A device for smoking, consisting of a tube of wood, clay, or other material with a small bowl at one end.

    2. An amount of smoking material, such as tobacco, needed to fill the bowl of a pipe; a pipeful.

    3. A tubular part or organ of the body.

    4. pipes The passages of the human respiratory system.

    5. A wine cask having a capacity of 126 gallons or 2 hogsheads (478 liters).

    6. This volume as a unit of liquid measure.

    7. A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.

    8. Any of the tubes in an organ.

    9. pipes A small wind instrument, consisting of tubes of different lengths bound together.

    10. pipes A bagpipe.

    11. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

    12. One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.

  3. Informal

    1. A tubular part or organ of the body.

    2. pipes The passages of the human respiratory system.

    3. A wine cask having a capacity of 126 gallons or 2 hogsheads (478 liters).

    4. This volume as a unit of liquid measure.

    5. A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.

    6. Any of the tubes in an organ.

    7. pipes A small wind instrument, consisting of tubes of different lengths bound together.

    8. pipes A bagpipe.

    9. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

    10. One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.

  4. Abbr. p.

    1. A wine cask having a capacity of 126 gallons or 2 hogsheads (478 liters).

    2. This volume as a unit of liquid measure.

    3. A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.

    4. Any of the tubes in an organ.

    5. pipes A small wind instrument, consisting of tubes of different lengths bound together.

    6. pipes A bagpipe.

    7. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

    8. One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.

  5. Music

    1. A tubular wind instrument, such as a flute.

    2. Any of the tubes in an organ.

    3. pipes A small wind instrument, consisting of tubes of different lengths bound together.

    4. pipes A bagpipe.

    5. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

    6. One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.

  6. pipes Informal The vocal cords; the voice, especially as used in singing.

  7. A birdcall.

  8. Nautical A whistle used for signaling crew members: a boatswain's pipe.

  9. Geology

    1. A vertical cylindrical vein of ore.

    2. One of the vertical veins of eruptive origin in which diamonds are found in South Africa.

  10. Geology An eruptive passageway opening into the crater of a volcano.

  11. Metallurgy A cone-shaped cavity in a steel ingot, formed during cooling by escaping gases.

v.   piped, pip·ing, pipes

v.   tr.

    1. To convey (liquid or gas) by means of pipes.

    2. To convey as if by pipes, especially to transmit by wire or cable: piped music into the store.

    3. To play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes.

    4. To lead by playing on pipes.

    5. To signal (crew members) with a boatswain's pipe.

    6. To receive aboard or mark the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe.

  2. To provide with pipes or connect with pipes.

    1. To play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes.

    2. To lead by playing on pipes.

    3. To signal (crew members) with a boatswain's pipe.

    4. To receive aboard or mark the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe.

  4. Nautical

    1. To signal (crew members) with a boatswain's pipe.

    2. To receive aboard or mark the departure of by sounding a boatswain's pipe.

  5. To utter in a shrill reedy tone.

  6. To furnish (a garment or fabric) with piping.

  7. To force through a pastry tube, as frosting onto a cake.

  8. Slang To take a look at; notice.

v.   intr.

  1. To play on a pipe.

  2. To speak shrilly; make a shrill sound.

  3. To chirp or whistle, as a bird does.

  4. Nautical To signal the crew with a boatswain's pipe.

  5. Metallurgy To develop conical cavities during solidification.

Phrasal Verb(s):
pipe down Slang To stop talking; be quiet.
pipe upTo speak up.

[Middle English, from Old English pīpe, from Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pīpāre, to chirp.]
pip·ing   (pī'pĭng)   
n.  

  1. A system of pipes, such as those used in plumbing.

  2. Music

    1. The act of playing on a pipe.

    2. The music produced by a pipe when played.

  3. A shrill, high-pitched sound.

  4. A narrow tube of fabric, sometimes enclosing a cord, used for trimming seams and edges, as of slipcovers.

  5. A tubular ribbon of icing on a pastry.

adj.  

  1. Music Playing on a pipe.

  2. Having a high-pitched sound: the piping voices of children.

  3. Tranquil; peaceful: "in this weak piping time of peace" (Shakespeare).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
pipe

  1. n.
    an easy course in school. : I don't want a full load of pipes. I want to learn something.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

pipe 
O.E. pipe "musical wind instrument," also "tube to convey water," from V.L. *pipa "a pipe" (cf. It. pipa, Fr. pipe, Ger. Pfeife, Dan. pibe, Du. pijp), a back-formation from L. pipare "to chirp or peep," of imitative origin. All tubular senses ultimately derive from "small reed, whistle." Meaning "device for smoking" first recorded 1594. The verb sense of "to play on a pipe" is from O.E. pipian; the meaning "convey through pipes" is first recorded 1889. A pipe dream (1896) is the sort of improbably fantasy one has while smoking opium. Piping hot is in Chaucer, a reference to hissing of food in a frying pan; to pipe up (c.1425) originally meant "to begin to play" (on a musical instrument). Pipe down "be quiet" first recorded 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

PIPE

See private investment in public equities.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Computing Dictionary

piping
pipe

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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