singing meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

singing

noun

/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ · [ˈsɪŋɪŋ]

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

Usually The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

Informal, Usually Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.

US, Usually A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.

Usually A ringing sound in the ears.

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.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 13:

adj

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

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Smooth and flowing.

Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

Of a kettle etc.