单词 | pipping |
释义 | pippingn.1 rare. Cheeping, chirping; = piping n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > whistle or chirp > whistling or chirping whistlingc950 cheepinga1585 fritiniency1646 pipping1750 yeeping1945 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > piercing or shrill quality > utterance pipingc1275 shrilling1639 pipping1750 squall1755 wheep1860 1750 S. Berington Dissertations on Mosaical Creation 476 It [sc. the Chinese language] sounds more like the Pipping of young Turkies, than a human Speech. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways v. vi. 192 In the evergreens, a pipping of invisible birds and the slow drip of rain. 2003 Africa News (Nexis) 18 May Their songs were a mixture of melodious fluting, squeals, gratings, pippings and whistles. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pippingn.2 The action of a chick in cracking or puncturing its shell prior to hatching. Cf. pip v.4Earliest in pipping-time. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > cracking shell pipping1901 1901 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 717/1 Gigantic incubators..literally vomiting forth their flocks of twittering little creatures at pipping-time. 1962 J. C. Welty Life of Birds xvi. 316/2 The first step in hatching is the puncturing, or ‘pipping’, of the shell by the chick with its outwardly-pressed egg tooth. 1990 New Scientist 22 Dec. 11/1 When the chick breaks a tiny hole in its shell, in a process known as pipping, it immediately alerts its parent with high-pitched calls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pippingadj. Of a sound, note, etc.: shrill, high-pitched; whistling (cf. piping adj. 1). Also: resembling or reminiscent of a short, high-pitched electronic tone (cf. pip n.5).Recorded earliest in pipping-hot at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > thin and shrill > bleep or pip pipping1923 bleeping1957 beeping1958 beeped1962 1724 Fletcher's Beggars Bush (new ed.) iv. iv. 55 The pipping-hot [1647, 1661, 1679 piping-hot] Mince-pies! 1923 W. Stevens Comedian as Let. C in Harmonium 49 Against his pipping sounds a trumpet cried. 1972 Jazz & Blues Oct. 5/1 A throbbing low register clarinet solo by Ben Richardson..ends rather oddly with some ‘pipping’ high notes like the BBC time signal. 2000 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 26 Mar. 10 He both offsets his foil's keening, pipping notes and curlicues with his sultry tone and broad melodic lines. Compounds pipping-hot: = piping hot adj. at piping adj. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1724*Pipping-hot [see main sense]. 1789 Capt. Morris Bow Wow Wow in Vocal Enchantress (new ed.) 253 Sit down neighbours all, and I'll tell a merry story... I had it pipping hot from Ebenezer Barber. 1947 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 15 Apr. 3/3 (advt.) Drop in for one of our Hot Home Made Butterhorns or Sweet Breakfast Rolls pipping hot from our ovens. 2004 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. p18 Everything was crisp and pipping hot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11750n.21901adj.1724 |
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