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[[t]paɪp[/t]]

n. v. piped, pip•ing

1) a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, etc

2) a tube of wood, clay, or other material, with a small bowl at one end, used for smoking tobacco, opium, etc

3) a quantity, as of tobacco, filling the bowl of such a smoking utensil

4) mad

a) a musical wind instrument, as a flute or oboe, constructed of a single tube

b) a small recorder held with one hand while the other beats a drum

c) one of the tubes from which the tones of an organ are produced; flue pipe or reed pipe

d) pipes

bagpipe

e) pipes

panpipe

5) navig. a high-pitched whistle used by a boastswain for giving signals

6) zool. the call or utterance of a bird, frog, etc

7) inf pipes, the human vocal cords or the voice, esp. as used in singing

8)

a) a tubular organ or passage

b) inf Usu., pipes. the human respiratory passage

9) gel any of various tubular or cylindrical objects or natural formations, as an eruptive passage of a volcano or geyser

10) min

a) a cylindrical vein or body of ore

b) (in South Africa) a vertical, cylindrical matrix, of intrusive igneous origin, in which diamonds are found

11) mad to play on a pipe

12) to speak in a high-pitched or piercing tone

13) to make or utter a shrill sound like that of a pipe

14) naut. navig. to signal, as with a boatswain's pipe

15) civ to convey by or as if by pipes

16) civ to supply with pipes

17) mad to play (music) on a pipe or pipes

18) navig. to summon, order, etc., by sounding a boatswain's pipe or whistle

19) to bring, lead, etc., by or as if by playing on a pipe:

to pipe dancers[/ex]

20) to utter in a shrill tone:

to pipe a command[/ex]

21) clo to trim or finish with piping, as an article of clothing

22) coo to force (dough, frosting, etc.) through a pastry tube onto a baking sheet, cake or pie, etc

23) inf elm to convey by an electrical wire or cable:

to pipe in music[/ex]

24) phv sts pipe down, Slang. to stop talking; be quiet

25) phv pipe up

phv to make oneself heard, esp. as to assert oneself; speak up

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Etymology: bef. 1000; ME, OE pīpe musical pipe, tube (c. G Pfeife, ON pīpa) < VL *pīpa, der. of L pīpāre to chirp, play a pipe II

pipe

[[t]paɪp[/t]] n.

1) a large cask, of varying capacity, esp. for wine or oil

2) wam such a cask as a measure of liquid capacity, equal to 4 barrels, 2 hogsheads, or 126 gallons

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Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < MF, ult. same as pipe I