pipy

P3I1P3Y4

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a pipe.

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Meanings

adjectivepipy (comparative more pipy, superlative most pipy)

comparative more pipy · superlative most pipy · alternative pipey

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pipe.

    In desolate places where dank moisture breeds / The pipy Hemlock to strange overgrowth

    1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 14, line 241
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    The hook had fouled among a bunch of strawberries, red on one side and white on the other—perfect reproductions of the land fruit, except that there were no leaves, and the stem was all pipy and slimy.

    1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Origin

From pipe + -y.

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APA

pipy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipy

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pipy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipy.

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