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singin'

singin' is the pronunciation spelling of singing.

Meaning of singing

Noun

singing (usually uncountable, plural singings)

  1. (usually) The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
  2. (informal, usually) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
  3. (US, usually) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
  4. (usually) 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...1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 13

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Questions about singin'

What is singin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Singin' is the pronunciation spelling of singing.

Words near singin' in the dictionary

  1. singhara
  2. singharas
  3. Singhbonga
  4. Singida
  5. Singida tilapia
  6. singin'
  7. singing
  8. singing a different tune
  9. singing along
  10. singing bowl
  11. singing bowls

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