pipe up verb4 •To speak up, especially in a robust, assertive manner; to say something loudly and suddenly."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." — 1881 •To begin to blow more vigorously.Once, for ten minutes, the sun shone at midday, and ten minutes afterward a new gale was piping up. — 1911 •To begin singing or playing musical notes on a pipe or similar wind instrument.[T]he frogs in a neighboring marsh began to pipe up for the evening concert. — 1871 •(rare) To call, awaken, or summon, as with a musical instrument. formspiped up · piping up · pipes up