piping
/ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
- To shout loudly and at high pitch.
- To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
- Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
- To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
- To install or configure with pipes.
- 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.
- High-pitched.
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