4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling
fluids.
Piping crow, Piping crow shrike, Piping roller (Zoˆl.), any Australian
bird of the genus Gymnorhina, esp. G. tibicen, which is black and
white, and the size of a small crow. Called also caruck. -- Piping frog
(Zoˆl.), a small American tree frog (Hyla Pickeringii) which utters a
high, shrill note in early spring. -- Piping hot, boiling hot; hissing
hot; very hot. [Colloq.] Milton.
Pip"ing, n. 1. A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for
women's dresses.