# singing

Pronunciation: say "SING-ing" /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of sing. — present participle and gerund of sing
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of sing. Use this form for an action happening now, or when naming the action itself.
   - _The choir was singing when the lights suddenly went out._
   - _Birds were singing outside the window at dawn._

## Noun

2. The act or practice of producing musical tones with the voice.
   - Simple: Making musical sounds with your voice.
   - _Years of singing had given her remarkable breath control._
   - _The teacher praised the boy's singing during the recital._
3. The act of revealing information or giving evidence against another person. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Telling the police or other people secret facts about someone.
   - _Prosecutors built their case on the informant's singing about the cartel._
   - _Word of his singing spread fast, and old allies stopped returning his calls._
6. A ringing sound heard in the ears.
   - Simple: A ringing or buzzing sound in your ears.
   - _After the explosion, a high singing in his ears drowned out every other sound._
   - _She mentioned a persistent singing in her ears to the doctor._
7. A meeting held so that participants can sing shape-note songs together. *(US)*
   - Simple: A gathering where people meet to sing shape note songs together.
   - _Families drove in from neighboring towns for the all-day singing at the meeting house._
   - _The annual singing drew dozens of voices into the four-part hymns._

## Adjective

4. Having a smooth, flowing quality.
   - Simple: Moving or shaped in a smooth, flowing way.
   - _The choreography had a singing quality, each movement melting into the next._
   - _She admired the singing lines of the new sports car's bodywork._
5. Producing a whistling sound caused by escaping steam.
   - Simple: Making a high whistling sound as steam escapes.
   - _The singing valve on the boiler signaled that pressure was building._
   - _A singing radiator hissed in the corner of the drafty old apartment._

## Origin

From Middle English syngyng, formed from the verb 'sing' plus the suffix '-ing'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/singing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).