Pipe
71pipe — like the butt, the pipe is a traditional unit of liquid volume generally equal to 2 hogsheads. In the U.S., this means a pipe equals 126 U.S.gallons, about 16.844 cubic feet or 476.96 liters. In Britain it s more complicated, because… …
72pipe — [OE] The etymological notion underlying pipe is of a ‘piping’ sound. The word goes back to a Common Romance *pīpa, a derivative of the Latin verb pīpāre ‘chirp’. This was formed from the base *pīp , imitative of the sounds made by young birds,… …
73pipe — n 1. American a gun. An item of street jargon used especially by adolescent criminals in the 1990s. ► Teachers report that teenagers talk about packing a barrel or chilling someone with a pipe . (Sunday Times, 31 August 1992) 2. British a… …
74pipe — (n.f.) Utilisée dans un langage vulgaire pour désigner la fellation, la pipe se retrouve très souvent au palmarès des sites pornographiques à titre d attraction d importance. *** «Faire une pipe», c’était en rouler une, à l’époque des cigarettes… …
75pipe — I. n. 1. Wind instrument. 2. Tube, conduit. 3. Tobacco pipe, clay pipe. 4. Windpipe, trachea, weasand, throttle. 5. Voice. 6. Bird call, whistle. 7. Butt, cask. 8 …
76pipe up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms pipe up : present tense I/you/we/they pipe up he/she/it pipes up present participle piping up past tense piped up past participle piped up informal to enter a conversation, for example by interrupting or… …
77pipe — [OE] The etymological notion underlying pipe is of a ‘piping’ sound. The word goes back to a Common Romance *pīpa, a derivative of the Latin verb pīpāre ‘chirp’. This was formed from the base *pīp , imitative of the sounds made by young birds,… …
78pipe — See: PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT …
79pipe — See: PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT …
80Pipe — • Kommunikationskanal zwischen zwei Prozessen, entstanden durch Prozessteilung; siehe auch Named Pipe • ASCII Zeichen | http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html …
