English Explanatory Dictionary

pipe down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.
To dismiss from muster, as a ship's company.
Of a man, to have penetrative sex with a woman.

Pronunciation

En-au-pipe down.ogg

Word forms

pipe down pipes down piping down piped down

Etymology

The sex sense is related to lay the pipe.

Synonyms

belt up button it button one's lip back that train up can it clam up cork it dummy up hush down hush one's mouth pipe down put a lid on it put a sock in it shaddap shut it shut one's big bazoo shut one's cake hole shut one's face shut one's gob shut one's head shut one's mouth shut one's pie hole shut one's trap shut one's yap shut the front door shut up STFU stick a sock in it stuff a sock in it wind one's neck in zip it zip one's lip

Antonyms

pipe up

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