pipe

ˈpaɪp

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#1·5h ago

(slang) A telephone.

Origin: From , hollow cylinder or tube used as a conduit or container; duct or vessel of the body; musical instrument; financial records maintained by the English Exchequer, pipe roll, from , from . Reinforced by , from , pipiare, pipare, from to chirp, peep, of origin. . The “storage container” and “liquid measure” senses are derived from , from pīpe (above) and . In specific contexts, calques similar units of measure such as . The verb is from , to play a pipe; to make a shrill sound; to speak with a high-pitched tone, from. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

(ambitransitive) To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.

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#3·5h ago

(intransitive) To shout loudly and at high pitch.

[W]ith the marinersA fellow-mariner,—and so had faredThrough twenty seasons; but he had been rear'dAmong the mountains, and he in his heartWas half a Shepherd on the stormy seas.Oft in the piping shrouds had Leonard heardThe tones of wat…

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