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- [pahy-ping]
- /ˈpaɪ pɪŋ/
- /ˈpaɪ.pɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pahy-ping]
- /ˈpaɪ pɪŋ/
Definitions of piping word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of PIPING pipe 3
- noun piping a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc. 1
- noun piping a tube of wood, clay, hard rubber, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco, opium, etc. 1
- noun piping a quantity, as of tobacco, that fills the bowl of such a smoking utensil. 1
- noun piping Music. a tube used as, or to form an essential part of, a musical wind instrument. a musical wind instrument consisting of a single tube of straw, reed, wood, or other material, as a flute, clarinet, or oboe. one of the wooden or metal tubes from which the tones of an organ are produced. a small end-blown flute played with one hand while the other beats a small drum. 1
- noun piping Nautical. boatswain's pipe. the sound of a boatswain's pipe. 1
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Origin of piping
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English (gerund); see pipe1, -ing1, -ing2
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Parts of speech for Piping
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
piping popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
piping usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for piping
adj piping
- calescent — increasing in heat
- clanging — a clanging sound.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
- ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
noun piping
- facing — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- gingerbread — a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
- hem — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- applique — Applique is the craft of sewing fabric shapes onto larger pieces of cloth. You can also use applique to refer to things you make using this craft.
- fringing — a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
adjective piping
- argute — (of sounds) shrill
- fluting — a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- ovenlike — Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
- whistling — an instrument for producing whistling sounds by means of the breath, steam, etc., as a small wooden or tin tube, a pipe, or a similar device with an air chamber containing a small ball that oscillates when air is forced through an opening, producing a high-pitched, warbling tone.