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单词 pipping
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pippingn.1

Brit. /ˈpɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪpɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pip v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pip v.2 + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier peeping n.1
rare.
Cheeping, chirping; = piping n.1 1a.
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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

Brit. /ˈpɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪpɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pip v.4, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pip v.4 + -ing suffix1.
The action of a chick in cracking or puncturing its shell prior to hatching. Cf. pip v.4Earliest in pipping-time.
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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.

Brit. /ˈpɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪpɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pip v.2, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < pip v.2 + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier piping adj.In some instances perhaps a typographical error for piping adj.
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.
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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.
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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).
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