sing-off

English

Etymology

From sing +‎ -off.

Noun

sing-off (plural sing-offs)

1. A competition between two or more singers where each tries to do better than the last.
   • 2014, Cathy Bramley, Conditional Love, page 316:

     The two of them engaged in a sing-off until they realized that both tunes had the same beat.

   • 2015, Ethan Mordden, Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s, page 76:

     This really is Anything Goes, not just a Cole Porter sing-off using portions of the Anything Goes narrative.

   • 2015, Steve Brookstein, Getting Over the X, page 49:

     There's nothing like the life-or-death drama of an X Factor sing-off.

Anagrams

• goniffs, offings, sign off, sign-off, signoff