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singing like a bird

singing like a bird is the present participle and gerund of sing like a bird.

Meaning of sing like a bird

Verb

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

  1. (simile) To have a beautiful singing voice.
    • When she had gone on a little, she began to sing like a bird, her sweet young voice rising on the air as if it had wings […]1882, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 131, page 709
  2. (idiomatic, simile) To divulge secrets with little coercion.
    • Totila will sing like a bird to the cops once I show the photocopies, […]2004, Kasey Michaels, Maggie Without a Clue, page 397

Questions about singing like a bird

What is singing like a bird the present participle and gerund of?
Singing like a bird is the present participle and gerund of sing like a bird.

Words near singing like a bird in the dictionary

  1. singing ground
  2. singing grounds
  3. singing hinnies
  4. singing hinny
  5. singing Kumbaya
  6. singing like a bird
  7. singing like a canary
  8. singing off the same hymn sheet
  9. singing out
  10. singing sand
  11. singing sands

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