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singing

noun

  1. act of producing musical sounds with the voice
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adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ / [ˈsɪŋɪŋ] / /ˈsɪŋɡɪŋɡ/

adj

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

  1. Smooth and flowing.
  2. Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

noun

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

  1. The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
  2. Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
  3. A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
  4. A ringing sound in the ears.

    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

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

  1. present participle and gerund of sing