pipe

pipe
n
1. tube, cylinder, conduit, duct, conveyor, reed, straw, stem; pipette, catheter, funnel, tubule, fistula, nipple; passage, capillary, artery, vein; hose, garden hose, rubber hose; flue, chimney, smokestack; gas pipe, gasline, pipeline, steampipe, fuel pipe, oil pipe, oil line, siphon.
2. tobacco pipe, corncob pipe, corncob, briar pipe, briar, clay pipe, clay, meerschaum; hookah, hubble-bubble, bong, water pipe, narghile, chibouk, Sl. carburetor, Sl. power-hitter; peace pipe, calumet.
3. wind instrument, woodwind instrument, wind, horn, tooter; flute, recorder, flageolet, panpipe, piccolo, fife, whistle, penny-whistle; clarinet, cormourne, krumhorn, ocarina, bassoon, contrabassoon, oboe, Archaic. hautboy, shawm, English horn, syrinx, saxophone, Inf. sax.
4. pipes
Informal. windpipe, trachea, Archaic. weasand; pharnyx, epiglottis, bronchial tube, bronchus, Brit. Dial. wizen.
v
5. tweet, squeak, cheep, chirp, peep; tweet, whistle, tweetle, tootle, skirl; shriek, squawk, screech, squeal, shrill; sing, warble, twit, chant; ululate, wail, keen, whine, yammer, caterwaul.
6. channel, tube, flush, funnel, flume, hose; drain, siphon, tap.
7. pipe down
Slang. be quiet, quiet down, silence, hush, shush; shut up, button one's lips, hold one's tongue, keep still, not breathe a sound, shut one's mouth.

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