1. making a short, high-pitched sound; chirping or squeaking
2. breaking through an egg shell from the inside (of a chick or other bird)

1. the act or sound of making short, high-pitched noises
2. the process of a bird breaking out of its egg

1. making short, high-pitched sounds; characterized by pipping

Examples

• The baby chicks were pipping inside their eggs.
• We heard the birds pipping in the trees at dawn.
• The pipping sounds of the newly hatched ducklings filled the barn.
• The chick began pipping through its shell after three weeks of incubation.
• A pipping noise came from the nest as the eggs started to hatch.
• The mice were pipping softly in the walls at night.