"piping" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-piping.wav [US]
Rhymes: -aɪpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} piping (not comparable)
  1. High-pitched. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: hot piping, piping hot, pipingly
    Sense id: en-piping-en-adj-OuXWXYT9

Noun

IPA: /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-piping.wav [US] Forms: pipings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} piping (countable and uncountable, plural pipings)
  1. The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-piping-en-noun-2Qh0U1Pv
  2. The sound of musical pipes. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-piping-en-noun-t8EsIEM~
  3. An act of making music or noise with pipes. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-piping-en-noun-NqYwqDxg
  4. A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-piping-en-noun-S5M~nTpa
  5. (sewing) An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sewing
    Sense id: en-piping-en-noun-thdJk7QA Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
  6. (cooking) Icing extruded from a piping bag. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-piping-en-noun-p3MXzSjS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 6 2 14 2 2 24 9 11 18 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  7. (botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-piping-en-noun-KLbce~9y Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  8. (botany) propagation by cuttings Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-piping-en-noun-T6uMSKmS Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pied-piping, piping shrike, piping times, piping times of peace

Verb

IPA: /ˈpaɪpɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-piping.wav [US]
Rhymes: -aɪpɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} piping
  1. present participle and gerund of pipe Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pipe
    Sense id: en-piping-en-verb-y1X77fmR

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaɪpɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪpɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-piping.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-piping.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-piping.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-piping.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-piping.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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}

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