singing
Syllables: sing·ing/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
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Midlands/ˈsɪŋɡɪŋɡ/
singing noun: the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. Also the present participle and gerund of sing.
Noun
singing (usually uncountable, plural singings)
- The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
- Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
- A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
- 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
Adjective
singing (comparative more singing, superlative most singing)
Also used as
singing is also the present participle and gerund of sing.
singing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
singing in Hindi
- the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing
- गायकी gāykī, गायन gāyan
singing in Tamil
- பாடுவது, பாடும்
singing in Urdu
- the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing
- گُلُوکاری gulūkārī
singing in Telugu
- the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing
- పాడుట pāḍuṭa
More languagesFewer languages
- singing in Malayalam
- ആലാപനം ālāpanaṁ
- singing in Kannada
- ಹಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಹಾಡುಗಾರಿಕೆ, ಹಾಡುವುದು
- singing in Gujarati
- ગાયન, ગાય છે, ગાવાની
- singing in Sanskrit
- गायन gāyana
- singing in Nepali
- गायन
- singing in Arabic
- غِنَاء ḡināʔ
- singing in Malay
- nyanyian
- singing in Indonesian
- menyanyi
Forms of singing
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | singings |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more singing |
| superlative | most singing |
Origin of singing
From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.
Words formed from singing
Phrases with singing
- singing up
- singing dog
- singing out
- part singing
- scat singing
- singing dogs
- singing fish
- singing girl
- singing sand
- singing saws
- sight singing
- singing along
33 more phrasesFewer phrases
- singing bowls
- singing flame
- singing girls
- singing hinny
- singing sands
- singing small
- singing voice
- singing breads
- singing cowboy
- singing fishes
- singing flames
- singing ground
- singing voices
- singing cowboys
- singing grounds
- singing hinnies
- singing Kumbaya
- singing soprano
- overtone singing
- singing telegram
- singing telegrams
- singing chambermaid
- singing like a bird
- singing chambermaids
- singing like a canary
- singing the same tune
- New Guinea singing dog
- New Guinea singing dogs
- singing a different tune
- singing for one's supper
- singing from the same hymnbook
- singing off the same hymn sheet
- singing from the same hymn sheet
Words that rhyme with singing
- ringing
- springing
- swinging
- minging
- pinging
- stinging
- stringing
- besinging
- bringing
- flinging
- outflinging
- whinging
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Questions about singing
- What does singing mean?
- Singing means the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
- What is singing in Hindi?
- Singing in Hindi is गायकी (gāykī), गायन (gāyan). See Singing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is singing?
- Singing can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce singing?
- Singing is pronounced /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of singing?
- The plural of singing is singings.
Words near singing in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: singing (page history and authors); singing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); singing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); singing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); singing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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