singing
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
- Slang
:
cantar
Examples
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Throughout much of our country's history, singing played an important role in our educational, social, religious, political, and community activities.
Academic text (1992) -
The pressure put on Frances to return took the form of singing.
Academic text (1992) -
In his exit interview, "X Factor" finalist Willie Jones said that he wouldn't change a thing about his run on the singing competition reality show -- except for getting kicked off.
Blog text (18) -
Frances learned of the "singing" and felt she had to return to avoid accusations of selfishness and the even greater risk that sorcery could be employed to kill her.
Academic text (1992) -
On television, long before American Idol debuted, Koreans were watching The Nationwide Singing Contest, an amateur songwriting show that is still at the top of the ratings after more than twenty years on the air.
Academic text (2008) -
The police are concerned about the singing of the informant regarding the gang's activities.
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His singing to the authorities helped uncover the truth about the crime.
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She faced serious consequences for her singing about her friend's illegal actions.
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.1
Vocal music from Black church services with strong feeling and call and response
- Specialized
1
8.5
Singing with made-up sounds to make new jazz melodies like an instrument
How Cooperative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Singing, in the slang sense of telling on others to the police, comes from the ordinary word sing, and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a bird that 'sings' and gives away a tune; criminals 'sing' when they give information, so singing here means 'telling' or 'confessing' to the authorities.