ALL meanings of pipe down
pipe down
P p - intransitive verb pipe down stop talking, lower one's voice 1
- noun pipe down a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc. 1
- noun pipe down 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 pipe down a quantity, as of tobacco, that fills the bowl of such a smoking utensil. 1
- noun pipe down 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 pipe down Nautical. boatswain's pipe. the sound of a boatswain's pipe. 1
- noun pipe down the call or utterance of a bird, frog, etc. 1
- noun pipe down pipes, Informal. the human vocal cords or the voice, especially as used in singing. 1
- noun pipe down Usually, pipes. Music. bagpipe. a set of flutes, as a panpipe. Informal. a tubular organ or passage of a human or animal body, especially a respiratory passage: to complain of congested pipes. 1
- noun pipe down any of various tubular or cylindrical objects, parts, or formations, as an eruptive passage of a volcano or geyser. 1
- noun pipe down Mining. a cylindrical vein or body of ore. (in South Africa) a vertical, cylindrical matrix, of intrusive igneous origin, in which diamonds are found. 1
- noun pipe down Metallurgy. a depression occurring at the center of the head of an ingot as a result of the tendency of solidification to begin at the bottom and sides of the ingot mold. 1
- noun pipe down Botany. the stem of a plant. 1
- verb without object pipe down to play on a pipe. 1
- verb without object pipe down Nautical. to signal, as with a boatswain's pipe. 1
- verb without object pipe down to speak in a high-pitched or piercing tone. 1
- verb without object pipe down to make or utter a shrill sound like that of a pipe: songbirds piping at dawn. 1
- verb with object pipe down to convey by or as by pipes: to pipe water from the lake. 1
- verb with object pipe down to supply with pipes. 1
- verb with object pipe down to play (music) on a pipe or pipes. 1
- verb with object pipe down to summon, order, etc., by sounding the boatswain's pipe or whistle: all hands were piped on deck. 1
- verb with object pipe down to bring, lead, etc., by or as by playing on a pipe: to pipe dancers. 1
- verb with object pipe down to utter in a shrill tone: to pipe a command. 1
- verb with object pipe down to trim or finish with piping, as an article of clothing. 1
- verb with object pipe down Cookery. to force (dough, frosting, etc.) through a pastry tube onto a baking sheet, cake or pie, etc. 1
- verb with object pipe down Informal. to convey by an electrical wire or cable: to pipe a signal from the antenna. 1
- verb with object pipe down Slang. to look at; notice: Pipe the cat in the hat. 1
- phrasal verb pipe down If you tell someone who is talking a lot or talking too loudly to pipe down, you are telling them to stop talking. 0
- verb pipe down to stop talking, making noise, etc 0
- noun pipe down to become quiet or quieter; stop shouting, talking, etc. 0