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