singing
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]singing (usually uncountable, plural singings)
- The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
- (informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
- (US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
- A ringing sound in the ears.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 13:
- I was aware that some one, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my Christian name. [...] In the short space it took to cover the road between the path from Hamilton's shop and the first plank of the Combermere Bridge I had thought over half-a-dozen people who might have committed such a solecism, and had eventually decided that it must have been some singing in my ears.
Translations
[edit]the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing
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informal: disclosing information, or giving evidence about another
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USA: a gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs
Adjective
[edit]singing (comparative more singing, superlative most singing)
- (music) Smooth and flowing.
- (of a kettle etc.) Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.
Translations
[edit]of a kettle etc: producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam
music: smooth and flowing
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Verb
[edit]singing
- present participle and gerund of sing
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]singing
- Alternative form of syngyng
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