as in shrill
having a high musical pitch or range
the piping sound of the teakettle caught my attention
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1
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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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
Shindy Chen
april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
Marchessault made it 3-0 after another greasy food item, a piping hot pizza, was served up by Drew Doughty.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
The interior was completely retrimmed in white, weather-resistant leather with orange seat piping and orange seat belts.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2026
Dina Esfandiary, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
Get the candy cane-stripe effect by painting red food coloring gel inside of a pastry bag before piping the filling.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The piping hot coffee is bold and bottomless, and the breakfast portions are large and reasonably priced.
—Shindy Chen
april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
Marchessault made it 3-0 after another greasy food item, a piping hot pizza, was served up by Drew Doughty.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
The mechanical parts, piping system, and ventilation system are turned on one after another, then tested.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
The interior was completely retrimmed in white, weather-resistant leather with orange seat piping and orange seat belts.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
Even during the blockade of Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt in 2017, Doha continued piping gas to the UAE.
—Dina Esfandiary, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
Get the candy cane-stripe effect by painting red food coloring gel inside of a pastry bag before piping the filling.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piping
Adjective
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On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mark McManus, the general president of the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters, whose members work on pipelines, data centers and power plants, acknowledged criticism that organized labor is getting in bed with the richest, most powerful companies in the world.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Stifel initiates Septerna as buy Stifel says the biotech company has a large pipeline.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
Verb
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On the website dedicated to its shutdown, the airline said passengers who were expecting to travel should not go to the airport, directing them to a page for refund status and next steps.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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The director got his feature start with action comedies, famously directing the Charlie’s Angels movies in the early 2000s.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2026
Verb
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And the birds are chirping their hearts out.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Swallows chirping from a newspaper nest above a doorway.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Heavy encrustations of golden mussels have blocked pipes in municipal and industrial water intakes, which has necessitated costly biofouling removal.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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Following the fire last month, Pernerewski said officials found that the two hydrants likely became blocked with debris and that residue had gotten stuck in the pipes.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Chatting with the peddler Rutherford Selig (Bradley Stryker, enjoyably channeling Deadwood), Bynum casually unzips the surface of reality and dips into the waters below.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mickey Moniak is channeling his inner Ted Williams, via his grandfather and his father.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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Sanders said the fire was challenging because the building, a 66-unit complex split into two sections, does not have a standpipe system.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Utilities might be shut off — and sprinkler or standpipe systems drained — leaving firefighters without tools that could slow a blaze.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This area was ground zero for funneling OxyContin and its generic equivalent, oxycodone, to virtually every state east of the Mississippi.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Big Tech talent exodus fuels startup boom Silver is one of several former top researchers at Big Tech companies who've jumped ship to launch their own AI labs in recent months, with investors funneling billions of dollars into the ventures.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Piping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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