Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.

    Pipe down, children. I'm trying to work.

    beruhigen, herunterfahren

    become quiet or quieter

  2. (transitive)To dismiss from muster, as a ship's company.

  3. (slang, transitive)Of a man, to have penetrative sex with a woman.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Would you pipe down?

    Ти не замовкнеш? — deniko

  2. If you have something to say, say it now or pipe down.

    ruЕсли тебе есть что сказать, скажи это сейчас или заткнись. — marafon

    deWenn du etwas zu sagen hast, dann sag es jetzt oder halt die Klappe. — Haehnchenpaella

  3. Will you please pipe down?

  4. Put the pipe down.

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  5. Pipe down, otherwise you will be hauled out.

    deRuhe oder du fliegst raus. — virgil

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To refrain from being noisy:

Origin

The sex sense is related to lay the pipe.

The sex sense is related to lay the pipe.

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Forms

pipes down, piping down, piped down, piped down
Base formpipe down · to pipe down
3rd person singularpipes down
Present participlepiping down
Past simplepiped down
Past participlepiped down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypipe down
he, she, itpipes down

Past simpleLesson

all personspiped down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave piped down
he, she, ithas piped down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pipe down

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

37 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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