as in shrill
having a high musical pitch or range
the piping sound of the teakettle caught my attention
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as in directing
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
piped water into every house
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2
as in chirping
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird
the baby piped shrilly in his bed
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Recent Examples of piping
Simmone Shah, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Joining people from the local art world was a group telling people about the piping plovers, who return to the dunes at the Waukegan beach each summer to mate.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
Jason Momoa made an appearance on the SmartLess podcast, piping in from London to promote his new Apple TV+ series Chief of War.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
The credit offers an uncapped 30% off eligible costs—including labor costs and some qualifying piping and wiring—for homeowners purchasing and installing solar panels.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Joining people from the local art world was a group telling people about the piping plovers, who return to the dunes at the Waukegan beach each summer to mate.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
Churchill helps install water heaters, re-piping houses, etc., for Gregory J. Ostroski Heating and Plumbing in Billerica.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
Noun
Moab Coffee Roaster Fuel up with piping coffee and savory breakfast bites at Moab Coffee Roasters, another Main Street favorite.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
Jason Momoa made an appearance on the SmartLess podcast, piping in from London to promote his new Apple TV+ series Chief of War.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piping
Adjective
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Arriving in January, the California Post will be Murdoch’s transplant of his right-leaning tabloid the New York Post, replete with shrill headlines and randy gossip.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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One option is to simply double down on the existing approach and become shriller.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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What’s somewhat wild here is that this came from director Francis Lawrence, best known for directing almost all the Hunger Games movies, including Catching Fire, the two parts of Mockingjay and the recent Ballad of Songs and Snakes.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The experiment involved directing an electron beam from the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) onto a hydrogen target inside the CLAS12 detector.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jones is chirping at the Lions offensive line; Brooks came over to grab Jones and settle him down.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The two firms are also considering building an oil pipeline and storage facility in Oman to help boost Iraq’s crude exports.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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His capacity to oversee the resources pipeline across Microsoft platforms, RPA/robotics, and business analysts mirrors the operational maturity found among best-of-breed consulting companies.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For those feeling especially upset over this video, Anderson recommends examining those feelings and channeling them in healthy, productive ways.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 5-foot-10 actor of Training Day and Before Sunset was tasked with channeling a man many said was barely 5 feet tall with waning hair.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The music thumped away, though at reduced volume, the bats performed their acrobatics over the pool, the hash pipe glowed, people began to yawn.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Zajicek, signed in the offseason, had thus far played all his hockey in his native Czechia but looked right at home between the pipes for the B’s.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That has monumentally changed college sports, of course, funneling schools into the Big Ten and SEC while decimating conferences like our old Pac-12 – but not the appeal of Pac-12 After Dark.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
11 Sep. 2025
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More often, the reports showed groups funneling tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to other groups, without reporting where the money originated.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Check that your washer’s drain hose is securely connected and that the standpipe (a vertical pipe in the wall—usually PVC—that your machine’s hose drains into) is the correct height (usually 18–30 inches).—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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The 85-unit building was built in 1968 and was not required to have sprinklers or standpipes, Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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“Piping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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