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pipe

US/ˈpaɪp/ common slang us
noun (5) verb (4)

noun

1.

a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

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2.

a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

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3.
4.
5.

the flues and stops on a pipe organ

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verb

1.
2.

transport by pipeline

  • “pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert”
3.

draw cartoons of

4.

trim with piping

  • “pipe the skirt”

Origin

From Middle English pīpe, pype (“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 Old English pīpe (“pipe (musical instrument); the channel of a small stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā. Reinforced by Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pipire, pipiare, pipare, from pīpiō (“to chirp, peep”), of imitative origin. Displaced native Old English fealh and Old English þrūh. Doublet of fife. Cognate with Dutch pijp, German Pfeife, Danish pibe, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk pipe, Swedish pipa, Faroese and Icelandic pípa. The “storage container” and “liquid measure” senses are derived from Middle English pīpe (“large storage receptacle, particularly for wine; cask, vat; measure of volume”), from pīpe (above) and Old French pipe (“liquid measure”). In specific contexts, calques similar units of measure such as Portuguese pipa. The verb is from Middle English pīpen, pypyn (“to play a pipe; to make a shrill sound; to speak with a high-pitched tone”), from Old English pīpian (“to pipe”).

Phrases

  • ag pipe Terms derived from pipe (noun)
  • agricultural pipe Terms derived from pipe (noun)
  • anonymous pipe Terms derived from pipe (noun)
  • between the pipes Terms derived from pipe (noun)
  • blast pipe Terms derived from pipe (noun)
  • blue pipe Terms derived from pipe (noun)
  • boatswain's pipe Terms derived from pipe (noun)
  • boom pipe Terms derived from pipe (noun)

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