PIPE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pipe up mean? 

• PIPE UP (verb)
  The verb PIPE UP has 2 senses:

1. begin to play or sing

2. utter a shrill cry

  Familiarity information: PIPE UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIPE UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Begin to play or sing

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "pipe up" is one way to...):

do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter a shrill cry

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

pipe; pipe up; shriek; shrill

Hypernyms (to "pipe up" is one way to...):

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pipe up"):

caterwaul; yowl (utter shrieks, as of cats)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE