pianoed

Verb (1)

piano (third-person singular simple present pianos, present participle pianoing, simple past and past participle pianoed)

1. To play the piano.
   • Anyhow I pianoed to my own ear, and had no thought at that time for an audience.1967, Harry F. Chaplin, A McCrae Miscellany, page 41
2. To move (the fingers) up and down on, similar to the motions of a pianist playing the piano.
   • He just stared at her, leaned back in his chair and pianoed his fingers along the tablecloth.2013, Ann Blair Kloman, A Diamond to Die For, page 29
3. To equip with a piano.
   • Other buildings will also be erected and pianoed by the same architect.1889, The Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer, page 128

Verb (2)

piano (third-person singular simple present pianos, present participle pianoing, simple past and past participle pianoed)

1. To become softer and less intense.
   • “You know, Mrs. Wrigglechops,” pianoed Miss Drucilla , even more meekly and mildly than before, "the ace is either one or eleven."1839, Rosina Doyle Bulwer afterwards Bulwer Lytton (Baroness Lytton.), Cheveley; Or, The Man of Honour, page 385

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