sing

1 deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"

2 produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

3 to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"

4 make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle]

5 divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep quiet] [also: sung, singing, sang]

English

Pronunciation

• , /sɪŋ/, /sIN/

• Rhymes with: -ɪŋ

Etymology

singan, from . Cognate with Dutch zingen, German singen, Swedish sjunga.

Verb

1. To produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

   I sing tenor in my school choir.

2. To confess under interrogation.

Translations

Noun

1. A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.

Related terms

• singer
• singsong
• song

Anagrams

• gins
• sign

Hungarian

Noun

1. cubit

Sing is a verb in the English language used to describe the activity of singing a song.

It may also refer to:

In music:

• "Sing (Annie Lennox song)" a 2007 single from Annie Lennox
• "Sing" (Travis song), music single by the alternative rock band Travis
• "Sing" (Dresden Dolls single), 2006 music single from Boston band The Dresden Dolls
• "Sing" (The Carpenters song), a song written by Joe Raposo and performed on Sesame Street; reprised by the Carpenters in 1973
• "Sing (To Me)", a track from Blur's 1991 album Leisure
• "Sing!", a song from the Broadway musical A Chorus Line

In film or theater:

• SING!, an annual, entirely student-run production put on by the students of some high schools in New York City
• Sing, a 1989 film directed by Richard J. Baskin about SING!
• Sing!, an Academy Award nominated 2001 documentary directed by Freida Lee Mock

People:

• Matt Sing, Australian rugby league player
• Sing, the English name for the Chinese singer Chew Sin Huey

Other uses:

• Sing#, an extension to the Spec# language developed by Microsoft Research
• Sing Buri Province in Thailand
• To "sing" is slang for turn state's evidence
• SING is a technology from Adobe to handle rare Japanese characters.

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