to pipe
- verb
- /paɪp/
- At the festival, the musician began to pipe a cheerful melody that filled the air.
Examples
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I don't claim to be a cookie artist; however, I can pipe alongside the best of them.
Blog text (18) -
The house greeted them as they entered, and Mozart piped through ceiling speakers.
Fiction book (2001) -
Mr. Christian, pipe the ship's company at five bells to witness punishment.
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By request, this song was piped over the speakers and we listened in silence.
Blog text (23) -
So just take your white royal icing and we're going to pipe an eyeball and then a little dot with the black royal icing.
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They're piping in music.
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" Thou art interested in the immortal; this be immortal, " said Pan, and he commenced to pipe in earnest.
Fiction book (1990) -
She loves to pipe tunes on her wooden flute while sitting by the river.
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During the parade, a band piped traditional songs that everyone enjoyed.
Synonyms
Perform music on an instrument
To make a sound by forcing air through an instrument or whistle
Play a brass instrument by blowing into it
To play a sound on a small brass instrument used for calls
Antonyms
- Archaic
To stop doing an activity, especially to stop playing music for good
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Offensive
A thing made inside a metal pipe that explodes to hurt people or damage things
A large musical instrument that makes sound through many pipes and you play with keyboards and pedals
A thin bendable wire with soft material for cleaning a tobacco pipe or making simple crafts
- Literature
A decorated pipe smoked in a special ceremony by some Native American groups to show peace or agreement
- Specialized
A large adjustable tool with jaws that have teeth for gripping and turning pipes
- Specialized
A worker who installs and repairs pipes that carry water, gas, or steam
- Specialized
A vertical tube that carries water or gas up between floors in a building
- Specialized
A small device that plays a musical note to help singers or musicians find the right starting note
- Specialized
A set of connected metal tubes that carry force and mud from the platform to the cutting part underground
A small waxy white or pink plant in shady woods that does not use sunlight to make food
- Australian
A tropical tree with hanging yellow flowers and pods whose soft inside is used as medicine
- Archaic
An old clay pipe with a long stem for smoking, often from 17th or 18th century England
- Specialized
A pipe in an organ that makes sound when a thin metal strip vibrates, giving a bright tone
- Archaic
A set of pipes of different lengths tied together that you play by blowing across the tops
- Specialized
A horizontal pipe with small holes that sprays water or other liquids evenly
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Etymology
Pipe as a verb meaning to play a tune comes from the noun pipe for the instrument, and a piper was the player. So to pipe is to make music by blowing into a pipe.