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piping

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1. piping - Noun

2. piping - Adjective

3. piping - Verb

4. piping - Adverb

Meaning

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 dictionary

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Piping 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

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