| a. | 1. | Playing on a musical pipe. | |||||||||
| 2. | Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. | ||||||||||
| 3. | Emitting a high, shrill sound. | ||||||||||
| 4. | Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; - from the sound of boiling fluids.
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| n. | 1. | A small cord covered with cloth, - used as trimming for women's dresses. | |||||||||
| 2. | Pipes, collectively; | ||||||||||
| 3. | The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc. | ||||||||||
| 4. | A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting; also, propagation by cuttings. | ||||||||||
| Noun | 1. | piping - a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems |
| 2. | piping - a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. | |
| 3. | piping - playing a pipe or the bagpipes | |
| Adj. | 1. | piping - resembling the music of a pipe; "the piping voices of children" |
| Adv. | 1. | piping - (used of heat) extremely; "the casserole was piping hot" Synonyms: steaming |
| piping - pipe |