Used in a Sentence

piper

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for piper.

Editorial note

Oh, some more pied piper hooli reference here and there to keep this cynicism timely and relevant.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A musician who plays a pipe.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of piper gathered in one view.

noun

A musician who plays a pipe.

noun

A bagpiper.

noun

A baby pigeon.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for piper.

noun

A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.

Example sentences

1

Oh, some more pied piper hooli reference here and there to keep this cynicism timely and relevant.

2

You learn to code that way or you learn to code this way, either way you're gonna pay the piper.

3

This reminds me of Pied Piper in the way that it's just so much better than anything else out there.

4

I remember when Twitter launched, thinking how much better a name Pied Piper would've been.

5

Context: Exchangel is a fantasy angel investing site with real companies, Pied Piper is a fictional company on a real TV show (Silicon Valley on HBO).

6

We created Pied Piper as a sample profile.

7

He said that he asked many real-world VC's about realistic reasons that Pied Piper would have trouble finding financing so that he could integrate those into the storyline.

8

Position is nice, but you do want to know if that plane a couple of miles out heading in your direction is a Piper Cub doing 80mph or a 737 doing 400mph.

9

I've seen Pied Piper ads on Facebook too.

10

If they bail out Greece that sets precedent for future mismanaged economies to get bailed out and it gives the rest of the pigs the impression you don't have to pay the piper.

11

Particularly this part: >> In the deal, Hooli would invest $200 million for equity while in return the two companies would enter into a business development agreement on the side in which Pied Piper guarantees to spend that money in a massive consumer campaign on Hooli’s ad platform.

Quote examples

1

His message, "don't delete pied piper," never makes it to staff and a startup is ruined.

2

The money has to come from somewhere, and "he who pays the piper names the tune."

3

It was that investment that gave Pied Piper its $1B valuation, hence "valuation isn't everything".

4

To prevent confusion and to stay consistent with my nick, I suggest: "Piper pied"

Proper noun examples

1

Silicon Valley s1 e4: So Pied Piper, drop it on me.

2

Is it better than Pied Piper, which is lossless?

3

> super secret IP involving a secret new method to compress audio Pied Piper?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use piper in a sentence?

Oh, some more pied piper hooli reference here and there to keep this cynicism timely and relevant.

What does piper mean?

A musician who plays a pipe.

What part of speech is piper?

piper is commonly used as noun.