1. piping - Noun
2. piping - Adjective
3. piping - Verb
4. piping - Adverb
of Pipe
Playing on a musical pipe.
Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife.
Emitting a high, shrill sound.
Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids.
A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc.
A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPiping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me 'Pipe a song about a Lamb.' So I piped with merry cheer 'Piper, pipe that song again.' So I piped he wept to hear. William Blake
My mother groaned my father wept. Into the dangerous world I leapt Helpless, naked, piping loud, Like a fiend hid in a cloud. William Blake
He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground; He could not wait their passing, he is dead! Matthew Arnold
The mercenary finished his coffee in a single gulp, It must have been piping hot, too. Boy, he was tough. Jonathan Stroud
When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas. Emo Philips
Another old saying is that revenge is a dish best served cold. But it feels best served piping hot, straight out of the oven of outrage. My opinion? Take care of revenge right away. Mindy Kaling