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singing

nounadjectiveverbcommon in dialogue

  • //ˈsɪŋɪŋ//
  • /[ˈsɪŋɪŋ]/
  • //ˈsɪŋɡɪŋɡ//
  • /[ˈsɪŋɡɪŋɡ]/

The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

noun

  1. 1

    The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

  2. 2

    informalDisclosing information, or giving evidence about another.

  3. 3

    A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.

  4. 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.

Etymology

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Smooth and flowing.

  2. 2

    Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of singpresent participle and gerund of sing

Forms

plural
singings
comparative
more singing
superlative
most singing
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).