piping

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piping

/ˈpaɪpɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪpɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of pipe

noun pipings

countable, uncountable The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
countable, uncountable The sound of musical pipes. The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.
countable, uncountable An act of making music or noise with pipes.
countable, uncountable A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework. the piping of a house
countable, uncountable An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
countable, uncountable Icing extruded from a piping bag.
countable, uncountable A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
countable, uncountable propagation by cuttings

adjective

not comparable High-pitched. His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: steaming, pipage, high-pitched, high, fox, gull, plover, seagull, tubing, tube, funnelling, channelling, polyvinyl, vitrified, tip, ducting

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noun ornamentation on the edges of a garment

Français	passepoil
Русский	кант kant

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@misc{piping_2026,
  title = {piping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}