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sing-in

sing-in noun: a peaceful protest where people sing, often to obstruct the normal course of an event.

Noun

sing-in (plural sing-ins)

  1. A peaceful protest where people sing, often to obstruct the normal course of an event.
    • Although they're more fragmentary, the protest moments involving song still have Stamp excited: from ongoing sing-ins at courthouses to resist home foreclosures, to the night when Occupy was evicted from Zuccotti Park in November, when dozens of arrested activists sang "Stand By Me" and "With a...2012 March 28, Karen Lowe, “How Communal Singing Disappeared From American Life”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 05 May 2012

Forms of sing-in

pluralsing-ins

Origin of sing-in

From sing + -in, modeled after sit-in.

Questions about sing-in

What does sing-in mean?
Sing-in means a peaceful protest where people sing, often to obstruct the normal course of an event.
What part of speech is sing-in?
Sing-in is a noun.
What is the plural of sing-in?
The plural of sing-in is sing-ins.

Words near sing-in in the dictionary

  1. sing the praises of
  2. sing the same tune
  3. sing up
  4. sing-along
  5. sing-alongs
  6. sing-in
  7. sing-ins
  8. sing-jay
  9. sing-off
  10. sing-offs
  11. sing-sing

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