Complete Definition of "pipe"

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English

Etymology
From OE. pipe, from VL. *pipa.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-pipe.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪp|-aɪp

Noun
en-noun
Image:Taborerstainedglass.png|thumb|A man playing pipe (7) and [[tabor]]

  1. A hollow tube that transports water, steam, or other liquid; usually made of metal, ceramic, wood, or plastic.
  2. A hollow stem with bowl at one end used for smoking (see also water pipe or bong)
  3. geology A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia
  4. A type of pasta, similar to macaroni
  5. Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color
  6. music A hollow tube used to produce sound, such as an organ pipe.
  7. music A wind instrument making a whistling sound. (see pan pipes, bagpipe, boatswain's pipe)
  8. lacrosse One of the goalposts of the goal.
  9. computing The ASCII character at position 124 (decimal), 7C (hex), 01111100 (binary): " | "
  10. computing In Unix, the pipe character signifies that the output of one program feeds directly as input to another program.
  11. context|computing|slang A data backbone, or broadband Internet access (e.g., a "fat pipe" refers to a high-bandwidth connection).
  12. obsolete An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons; half a ton.

#* 1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.

  1. context|AU|colloquial|obsolete An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libelous, written on a piece of paper and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies.

#: 1818: yet, it is much to be hoped, that from his example pipe-making will in future be reposed solely in the hands of Mr. William Cluer of the Brickfield Hill. — w:Sydney Gazette|Sydney Gazette, 26 September 1818, on w:William Bland|William Bland convicted of libelling w:Lachlan Macquarie|Governor Macquarie in a pipe (William Cluer was an earthenware pipe manufacturer). Quoted in More Pig Bites Baby! Stories from Australia's First Newspaper, volume 2, ed. Micahel Connor, Duffy and Snellgrove, 2004, ISBN 1-876631-91-0.

Translations
trans-top|hollow tube
Arabic: Arab|�اس�رة IPAchar|(masūra) f
Chinese: 管� (gu�nzi)
Dutch: t+|nl|buis|f
Finnish: t+|fi|putki
French: t+|fr|conduit|m
German: t+|de|Rohr|n
Hungarian: t+|hu|cs�
Italian: t+|it|condotto|m, t-|it|tubo|m
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (paipu)
Korean: ��� (paipeu)
Latvian caurule f
Portuguese: cano m, tubo m, duto m
Russian: ���ба (trubá) f
Spanish: tubería f, tubo m
Swedish: rör n
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trans-top|smoking tool
Arabic: Arab|غ���� IPAchar|(�alyūn) m
Chinese: �� (y�nd�u)
Czech: t-|cs|dýmka|f
Dutch: pijp f
Finnish: t-|fi|piippu
French: t+|fr|pipe|f
German: t+|de|Pfeife|f
Hungarian: t-|hu|pipa
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|pipa|f
Japanese: ��� (paipu)
Korean: ��� (dambaetdae)
Portuguese: cachimbo m
Russian: ���бка (trúbka) f
Spanish: t+|es|pipa|f
Swedish: t-|sv|pipa|c
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trans-top|musical instrument
German: t+|de|Flöte|f
Kurdish:

trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|flauta|f
Russian: �ви�ел� (svirél�) f, д�дка (dúdka) f
Swedish: flöjt c, pipa c
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trans-top|organ pipe
German: Orgelpfeife f
trans-mid
Russian: ���ба (trubá) f
Swedish: orgelpipa c
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trans-top|computing slang
trans-mid
Russian: пайп (pajp) m
Swedish: t+|sv|lina|c
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ttbc|Dutch: pijp
ttbc|German: Pfeife f (3)
ttbc|Hungarian: pipa
ttbc|Polish: rura f
ttbc|Telugu: �����మ� (goTTamu)

Verb
en-verb|pip|ing

  1. To convey or transport something by means of pipes.
  2. To install or configure pipes.
  3. To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe.
  4. nautical To signal or order by a note pattern on a bosun's pipe.
  5. To decorate a cake using a pastry bag a flexible bag from which icing is forced through a small nozzle to make various designs

See also
brier

Category:1000 English basic words


French

Etymology

Pronunciation
IPA|pip

Noun
pipe f

  1. tobacco #English|pipe
  2. blowjob

Category:fr:Sex


Italian
Noun
pipe f

  1. plural of|pipa|lang=Italian

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