Piper
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- noun
- /ˈpaɪpər/
- Specialized
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Piper
- Get rid of Donald Duck Trump, or pay the piper.
Examples
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that's right, peter piper, motherfucker!
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Sample raw data: Kinematic data from a control participant during one production of the following sentence: The boys and the pipers baked moist pumpkin pies.
Academic text (2011) -
Waterboard Willie Hayne's part in this is still barely mentioned in most articles, but sooner or later he will be forced to pay the piper.
Blog text (19) -
There may be 18,000 people about to hit the unemployment line, but the union pied pipers that led them down the road to destruction are riding around in their union-issued Cadillacs today, wondering what country club they'll play at tomorrow or deciding what Caribbean island to go to get some rest after a rough strike.
Blog text (6) -
The scientist studied Piper nigrum to explore its medicinal properties.
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Many chefs enjoy using Piper plants to add flavor to their dishes.
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In the garden, the Piper species flourishes in the warm, humid conditions.
Synonyms
A group of tropical climbing plants like the black pepper plant
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
A character in a story who leads children away by playing a pipe
- Specialized
A tropical vine that makes strong, pepper-like fruits used as a spice and in traditional medicine
- Specialized
A thin climbing tropical plant from the eastern Himalayas grown for its long pepper fruit used as a spice
- Specialized
A climbing tropical plant whose small berries make black and white pepper
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Piper comes from an old word for 'pepper' and is the same root as the English word pepper. So Piper is the name for the group of tropical plants that give us black pepper used in cooking.