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Piping

noun

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.. Synonyms: pipage, pipe.

Playing a pipe or the bagpipes.

adverb

(used of heat) extremely. Synonym: steaming.

Pipe

verb

(past & past part. piped; pres. part. piping)

Utter a shrill cry. Synonyms: pipe up, shriek, shrill.

Transport by pipeline.

Play on a pipe.

Trim with piping.

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"Piping" Quotes from Famous Books

... moment Susy's voice pealed out in a merry, piping laugh—because she had put her small finger into her cookie and pulled out a fat round currant! And something in the laugh touched the spark to the mothering instinct strong in Robin's young heart—the mothering instinct that had caused ...

— Red-Robin • Jane Abbott

... (they were small cups, the set we use for company), and he was entirely soothed and moderated in his opinions about everything, and actually clapped his hands at Dr. Butterfield's peroration. Even Miss Stinger was in a glow, for she had drank large quantities of the fragrant beverage while piping hot, and in her delight she took Givemfits' arm, and asked him if he ever meant to get married. Miss Smiley smiled. Then Dr. Butterfield lifted his cup, and proposed a toast which we all drank standing: "The mission of the printing-press! The salubrity of ...

— Around The Tea-Table • T. De Witt Talmage

... there was no doubt—firing Martini-Henry bullets which cut up the ground a hundred yards in front of the leading company. Over that pock-marked ground the regiment had to pass, and it opened the ball with a general and profound courtesy to the piping pickets; ducking in perfect time, as though it had been brazed on a rod. Being half-capable of thinking for itself, it fired a volley by the simple process of pitching its rifle into its shoulder and pulling the trigger. The bullets may have ...

— Soldier Stories • Rudyard Kipling

... them. These figures appeared to be those of both men and women, while one was that of a child. Even as they watched, the figure nearest to them fell forward over its bowl and lay quite still, whereon those around it set up a feeble, piping cry, that yet had in it a note of gladness. The dwarf-mutes who had accompanied them, and who alone seemed to have a right of entry into this sad place, ran forward and looked. Then very gently they lifted up the fallen ...

— The Ghost Kings • H. Rider Haggard

... disclosed was pretty and artistic, representing a glade in a forest, realistic trees surrounding a green clearing. Nothing was to be seen of Larry and Tim, however, and the radio boys were mystified, as both their friends had refused to tell them what the act was like. Suddenly the first piping notes of a canary bird's song were heard, rising so clear and lifelike that even the boys themselves were deluded at first into thinking that they were listening to an actual bird. The canary song ended with a sustained ...

— The Radio Boys at the Sending Station - Making Good in the Wireless Room • Allen Chapman

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