sing

Meaning

1. To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
2. To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
3. To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
4. To soothe with singing.
5. Of birds, to vocalise:
6. Of birds, to vocalise:
7. (slang) To confess under interrogation.
8. To make a small, shrill sound.
9. To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
10. To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
11. To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
12. In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.

chant

sing a song

let the cat out of the bag

babble out

blab out

start singing

make music

make sound

play an instrument

sing about

sing after

to sing like a canary

play a tune

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪŋ/

From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Cognate with German singen (“to sing”). Recorded singing from a person.