pipy

[ pahy-pee ]

adjective,pip·i·er, pip·i·est.
  1. pipelike; tubular.

  2. piping; shrill: a pipy voice.

Origin of pipy

1
First recorded in 1715–25; pipe1 + -y1

Words Nearby pipy

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How to use pipy in a sentence

  • In that instant when her cheek had touched his rough tweed jacket, she had been sensible of that woodsy pipy fragrance.

    The Valiants of Virginia | Hallie Erminie Rives
  • Christabel,” said a little voice, when all the others were gone, “I shall never be pipy again.

    The Stokesley Secret | Charlotte M. Yonge
  • "I can scarce agree with you, Sir Richard," said he in a thin, pipy voice.

    The Golden Galleon | Robert Leighton