piping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
  2. noun a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
    pipe; pipage.
  3. noun playing a pipe or the bagpipes
  4. verb utter a shrill cry
    pipe; shrill; pipe up; shriek.
  5. verb transport by pipeline
    pipe.
    • pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert
  6. verb play on a pipe
    pipe.
    • pipe a tune
  7. verb trim with piping
    pipe.
    • pipe the skirt
  8. verb kill by firing a missile
    shoot; pip.
  9. verb hit with a missile from a weapon
    shoot; pip; hit.
  10. verb defeat thoroughly
    pip; rack up; worst; whip; mop up.
    • He mopped up the floor with his opponents
  11. adverb (used of heat) extremely
    steaming.
    • the casserole was piping hot

WordNet

Pip"ing adjective
Etymology
From Pipe, v.
Definitions
  1. Playing on a musical pipe. "Lowing herds and piping swains." Swift.
  2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. Shak.
  3. Emitting a high, shrill sound.
  4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids. Milton.
Pip"ing noun
Definitions
  1. A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for women's dresses.
  2. Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.
  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.

Webster 1913