verb
- making a short, high-pitched sound; chirping or squeaking
- breaking through an egg shell from the inside (of a chick or other bird)
noun
- the act or sound of making short, high-pitched noises
- the process of a bird breaking out of its egg
adjective
- making short, high-pitched sounds; characterized by pipping
Examples
- The baby chicks were pipping inside their eggs.
- We heard the birds pipping in the trees at dawn.
- The pipping sounds of the newly hatched ducklings filled the barn.
- The chick began pipping through its shell after three weeks of incubation.
- A pipping noise came from the nest as the eggs started to hatch.
- The mice were pipping softly in the walls at night.