Singing

//ˈsɪŋɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Smooth and flowing.
  2. 2
    Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.
Adjective
  1. 1
    smooth and flowing wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the act of singing vocal music wordnet
  3. 3
    Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another. informal, uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    disclosing information or giving evidence about another wordnet
  5. 5
    A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs. US, uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    A ringing sound in the ears. uncountable, usually

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sing form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.

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