pipe

1. 1.

   utter a shrill cry

   Synonymsshriekshrillpipe up

   Broadershout

   Narroweryowl
2. 2.

   transport by pipeline

   “pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert”

   Broadertransport
3. 3.

   play on a pipe

   “pipe a tune”

   Broaderplay

   music

4. 4.

   trim with piping

   “pipe the skirt”

   Broaderdecorate

Other forms of pipe

plural

pipes·

past tense

piped·

present participle

piping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pipe

What does pipe mean?

pipe means "a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pipe?

pipe has 1 syllable: pipe. In IPA it is /ˈpaɪp/.

What is another word for pipe?

Close synonyms include tobacco pipe, pipage, piping, tube, organ pipe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pipe a common word?

pipe is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pipe?

3 words rhyme with pipe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.