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Verb: pipe up
  1. Begin to play or sing
    "The flautist piped up with a cheerful melody"; "She piped up with her opinion during the meeting"
     
  2. Utter a shrill cry
    "The child piped up with delight";
    - shriek, shrill, pipe

Derived forms: pipes up, piped up, piping up

See also: pipe

Type of: call, cry, do, execute, holler [informal], hollo [non-standard], perform, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell