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sing-off

sing-off noun: a competition between two or more singers where each tries to do better than the last.

Noun

sing-off (plural sing-offs)

  1. A competition between two or more singers where each tries to do better than the last.
    • The two of them engaged in a sing-off until they realized that both tunes had the same beat.2014, Cathy Bramley, Conditional Love, page 316
    • This really is Anything Goes, not just a Cole Porter sing-off using portions of the Anything Goes narrative.2015, Ethan Mordden, Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s, page 76

Forms of sing-off

pluralsing-offs

Origin of sing-off

From sing + -off.

Questions about sing-off

What does sing-off mean?
Sing-off means a competition between two or more singers where each tries to do better than the last.
What part of speech is sing-off?
Sing-off is a noun.
What is the plural of sing-off?
The plural of sing-off is sing-offs.

Words near sing-off in the dictionary

  1. sing-along
  2. sing-alongs
  3. sing-in
  4. sing-ins
  5. sing-jay
  6. sing-off
  7. sing-offs
  8. sing-sing
  9. sing-sings
  10. sing-song
  11. sing-song girl

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