- present participle of pipe.
piping
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The hope is to be serving the community piping hot slices of pepperoni pizza by spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have also managed to route millions of barrels a day around the blockade by piping them across the desert to the Gulf of Oman or the Red Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The vineyard has a system of piping spread across 1.85 hectares of the vines, which steadily drips water onto the ground around the plants' roots, and is turned on every few days.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Nice's away shirt is another contender for kit of the season with its simple, but effective colour palette, classic fold-over collar and piping down the sleeves.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Even she had a bib apron, blue flowers with navy piping, even she wore it, from time to time.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
The sacrosanct smoking room had a new carpet, its lackeys new black uniforms with green lapel pipings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week out of Massachusetts came an important sign and portent, a shrill whistling wind, like the first ominous pipings of a hurricane, which swayed the tall grass violently for all to see.
From Time Magazine Archive
All last week the pipings from Ohio State's camp in Pasadena were music to Waldorf's ears.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, amid buzzings and squawkings, came Tristan's voice and the shepherd's pipings which tell him that Isolde's ship is in sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Above us the air teems with invisible swift movement, with howls, pipings, and hisses.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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