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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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
Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
First, the on-trend wide-leg pants; then, the cap-sleeve top, which will keep you cool while feeling like a step up from a standard tee; and finally, the contrasting piping detail.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 11 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
Broken lengths of irrigation piping lie scattered in the dust.
—Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
First, the on-trend wide-leg pants; then, the cap-sleeve top, which will keep you cool while feeling like a step up from a standard tee; and finally, the contrasting piping detail.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 11 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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That, in turn, likely would compromise both Heat depth and the team’s developmental pipeline.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Driving the system is Geely’s World Action Model (WAM), which reimagines the conventional perception-to-decision pipeline as a continuous closed-loop architecture.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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The agency did not directly address whether the transition could affect service continuity, instead directing questions about services to the county, which will take over many programs.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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This can be done by directing water into soil or gravel, and creating a slight slope or grade away from your home flat surfaces.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
24 Apr. 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
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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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Gandi Mohamed later pled guilty to money laundering for funneling fraud proceeds.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2026
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To reduce reliance on maritime routes, China has over recent decades built costly pipelines funnelling oil and gas over land from Central Asia, Russia and Myanmar.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Piping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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