sing
verb
[ sɪŋ ]
• make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
• "Bella sang to the baby"
Similar:
chant,
intone,
croon,
carol,
chorus,
warble,
trill,
pipe,
quaver,
yodel,
render,
perform,
belt out,
troll,
• make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound.
• "the kettle was beginning to sing"
• act as an informer to the police.
• "as soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary"
Similar:
inform (on someone),
tell tales (on someone),
squeal,
rat on someone,
blow the whistle on someone,
peach (on someone),
snitch (on someone),
put the finger on someone,
sell someone down the river,
grass (on someone),
shop someone,
rat someone out,
finger someone,
fink on someone,
drop a/the dime on someone,
pimp on someone,
• recount or celebrate in poetry or other literature.
• "poetry should sing the variety of the human race"
sing
noun
• an act or spell of singing.
• "we asked him to come back and have a bit of a sing"
Origin:
Old English singan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zingen and German singen .
sing.
abbreviation
• singular.
