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.
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Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
Roughly 6,500 feet of storm sewers and channels encompass the area, with new covered piping being laid.
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Greg Harutunian,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Devika Krishna Kumar,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
But by using this dramatic white ribbon and just piping a few scrolls on top, your cake automatically just looks very fancy.
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Emily Elias,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
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Adjective
The piping hot coffee is bold and bottomless, and the breakfast portions are large and reasonably priced.
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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
In exchange for federal and state funding for piping, COID has pledged to send water downstream to farmers outside the district.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
Roughly 6,500 feet of storm sewers and channels encompass the area, with new covered piping being laid.
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Greg Harutunian,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Verb
Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline shipped millions of barrels a day to the Red Sea, while the United Arab Emirates has been piping barrels to the port of Fujairah outside the gulf.
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Devika Krishna Kumar,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
But by using this dramatic white ribbon and just piping a few scrolls on top, your cake automatically just looks very fancy.
—
Emily Elias,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piping
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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.
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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.
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The Dodgers also opened the Japanese player pipeline on his watch.
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This lack of competition has stunted the organizational capacity of both the Democratic and Republican Parties, rendering them hollow and unable to cultivate, train, or support a pipeline of young candidates.
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She is joined by Indonesian director Yosep Anggi Noen as directing mentor and cinematographer Park Junghun as cinematography mentor.
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On Friday, Putin visited the Russian military headquarters directing the action in Ukraine to receive a report on the capture of the city of Kostyantynivka after weeks of intense street battles.
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The chirping incited a scuffle that led to four ejections and four suspensions.
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Think your back yard can get buggy in the summer—with mosquitoes, flies, moths, wasps, bees, lightning bugs, crickets, and more swarming, buzzing, and chirping everywhere?
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Anxiety rises in Moscow Russian media have reported that people are waiting up to 18 hours in lines at the pump, with internet memes popping up, one showing people setting up tables with drinks and shisha pipes next to their stationary cars.
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Nothing ruins a good karaoke night like that one friend who wants to show off their Mariah Carey–level pipes.
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Vanessa also wears the hats of playwright, motivational speaker, and retreat host, channeling her storytelling gift across multiple creative platforms.
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Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie looked like Serie A regulars, Folarin Balogun’s finishing was on song and Gio Reyna put to rest any doubts about his selection by channelling his inner Luka Modric.
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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.
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Utilities might be shut off — and sprinkler or standpipe systems drained — leaving firefighters without tools that could slow a blaze.
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High oil prices due to the standoff in the Strait of Hormuz granted Putin a temporary reprieve, but a labor shortage and constrained manufacturing capacity have complicated the Kremlin’s hopes of funneling more money into its defense sector.
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If Iran’s atomic weapons infrastructure was destroyed in this war, funneling hundreds of billions into the country can’t be used to rebuild it.
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“Piping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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