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mis-sing

/mɪsˈsɪŋ/

mis-sing verb: to sing incorrectly.

Verb

mis-sing (third-person singular simple present mis-sings, present participle mis-singing, simple past mis-sang, past participle mis-sung)

  1. To sing incorrectly.
    • The ragas are personified, like the devatā of a mantram; so that to mis-sing a rāga or rāginī is to break the limbs of a god or goddess.1916, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Rajput Painting - Volume 1, page 65
    • I watch and listen to children learning this little song, and through repeated observation of the videotapes and examination of the way the children sing or mis-sing the song, I plumb new depths of understanding music and learning.1998, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, page 48

Forms of mis-sing

third-person singular presentmis-sings
present participlemis-singing
pastmis-sang
past participlemis-sung

Origin of mis-sing

From mis- + sing.

Words that rhyme with mis-sing

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Questions about mis-sing

What does mis-sing mean?
Mis-sing means to sing incorrectly.
What part of speech is mis-sing?
Mis-sing is a verb.
How do you pronounce mis-sing?
Mis-sing is pronounced /mɪsˈsɪŋ/.
What is the past tense of mis-sing?
The past tense of mis-sing is mis-sang.

Words near mis-sing in the dictionary

  1. mis-sell
  2. mis-shapen
  3. mis-shoe
  4. mis-shunt
  5. mis-shunts
  6. mis-sing
  7. mis-singing
  8. mis-sings
  9. mis-sold
  10. mis-spell
  11. mis-spelled

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