singing

English

Etymology

From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ

Noun

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singing (usually uncountable, plural singings)

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

     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 solecism, and had eventually decided that it must have been some singing in my ears.

Derived terms

• cursive singing

Translations

the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing

Arabic: غِنَاء (ar) m (ḡināʔ) Hijazi Arabic: غُنا m (ḡuna) Aromanian: cãntare f Belarusian: спеў m (spjeŭ) (usually plural), спе́вы m pl (spjévy), спява́нне n (spjavánnje) Bulgarian: пе́ене n (péene) Chinese: Mandarin: 歌唱 (zh) (gēchàng) Czech: zpěv (cs) m Dutch: zang (nl) m Evenki: икэвкэ (ikəwkə) Finnish: laulaminen (fi), laulu (fi) French: chant (fr) m German: Singen (de) n, Gesang (de) m Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 m (saggws) Hebrew: שירה (he) f (shirá), זימרה f (zimrá) Hindi: गायकी (hi) f (gāykī), गायन (hi) m (gāyan) Hungarian: éneklés (hu) Irish: cantaireacht f, canadh m Italian: canto (it) m Japanese: 歌唱 (ja) (かしょう, kashō) Korean: 가창 (ko) (gachang) Macedonian: пеење n (peenje) Malayalam: ആലാപനം (ml) (ālāpanaṁ) Middle English: syngyng, song Polish: śpiew (pl) m Portuguese: canto (pt) m Romanian: cântare (ro) f Russian: пе́ние (ru) n (pénije), песнопе́ние (ru) n (pesnopénije) Sanskrit: गायन (sa) n (gāyana) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: певање n Roman: pevanje (sh) n Slovak: spev m Slovene: petje n Spanish: canto (es) m, canturía f, cantoría f (disused) Swahili: uimbaji (sw) Telugu: పాడుట (te) (pāḍuṭa) Ukrainian: спів (uk) m (spiv), співа́ння n (spivánnja)

informal: disclosing information, or giving evidence about another

Bulgarian: издайничество (bg) (izdajničestvo)

USA: a gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs

Adjective

singing (comparative more singing, superlative most singing)

1. (music) Smooth and flowing.
2. (of a kettle etc.) Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

Translations

of a kettle etc: producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam

music: smooth and flowing

Irish: amhránach

Verb

singing

1. present participle and gerund of sing

See also

• sing
• singing bowl
• singing bread
• song

Anagrams

• ginsing, signing

Middle English

Noun

singing

1. alternative form of syngyng