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Meaning of 'piping' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Piping [ n.]
- 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.
2 . Piping [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Pipe
3 . Piping [ v.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'piping' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . piping [ r]
Meaning (1):
- (used of heat) extremely
Example in sentence:
  • the casserole was piping hot

Nearby Words:

pip pipa pipage pipal tree pipas pipe pipe clay pipe layer pipe laying pipeclay

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