The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PIPING
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What does PIPING mean?
PIPING verb- To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
- To shout loudly and at high pitch.
- To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
- Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
- To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
- To install or configure with pipes.
- To dab moisture away from.
- To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
- To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (pipe) at the command line.
- To create or decorate with piping (icing).
- To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
- (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with a female.
- To see.
- The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
- The sound of musical pipes.
- An act of making music or noise with pipes.
- A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
- An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
- Icing extruded from a piping bag.
- A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
- Propagation by cuttings
- High-pitched.