pipe up

Definitions

1. To speak up, especially in a robust, assertive manner; to say something loudly and suddenly.
   intransitive
2. To begin singing or playing musical notes on a pipe or similar wind instrument.
   intransitive
3. To begin to blow more vigorously.
   intransitive, usually
4. To call, awaken, or summon, as with a musical instrument.
   rare, transitive

Examples

“"You seem to have⟳ a lot to say⟳," remarked Silver, spitting far into the air. "Pipe up and let⟳ me hear⟳ it, or lay⟳ to."”

“Once I asked a seventeen-year-old singer something that wasn't on the list, which caused her manager to pipe up: "That wasn't what we agreed on. She doesn't have⟳ to answer⟳ that."”

“As we rolled into our fourth week, I found myself piping up with some of my own⟳ stories.”

“[T]he frogs in a neighboring marsh began to pipe up for the evening concert.”

“But presently the gray dawn stole over the world, the birds piped up, then the sun rose and poured light⟳ and comfort all around.”

“Once, for ten minutes, the sun shone at midday, and ten minutes afterward a new gale was piping up.”

“Yet beyond turning my blood cold for a moment, it gave me little trouble⟳, for evil tales have⟳ hung about the church; and though I did not set⟳ much store by the old yarns of Blackbeard piping up his crew, yet I thought strange things might well go on among the graves at night. And so I never budged, nor stirred hand or foot to save⟳ a fellow-creature in his agony.”

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