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  [sing] verb, sang or, often, sung; sung; sing⋅ing; noun
Use sing out in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
2. to perform a song or voice composition: She promised to sing for us.
3. to produce melodious sounds, usually high in pitch, as certain birds, insects, etc.: The nightingale sang in the tree.
4. to compose poetry: Keats sang briefly but gloriously.
5. to tell about or praise someone or something in verse or song: He sang of the warrior's prowess.
6. to admit of being sung, as verses: This lyric sings well.
7. to give out a continuous ringing, whistling, murmuring, burbling, or other euphonious sound, as a teakettle or a brook.
8. to make a short whistling, ringing, or whizzing sound: The bullet sang past his ear.
9. (of an electrical amplifying system) to produce an undesired self-sustained oscillation.
10. to have the sensation of a ringing or humming sound, as the ears.
11. Slang. to confess or act as an informer; squeal.
–verb (used with object)
12. to utter with musical modulations of the voice, as a song.
13. to escort or accompany with singing.
14. to proclaim enthusiastically.
15. to bring, send, put, etc., with or by singing: She sang the baby to sleep.
16. to chant or intone: to sing mass.
17. to tell or praise in verse or song.
–noun
18. the act or performance of singing.
19. a gathering or meeting of persons for the purpose of singing: a community sing.
20. a singing, ringing, or whistling sound, as of a bullet.
—Verb phrase
21. sing out, Informal. to call in a loud voice; shout: They lost their way in the cavern and sang out for help.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME singen, OE singan; c. D zingen, G singen, ON syngva, Goth siggwan

Related forms:
sing⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sing⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, sing⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
sing⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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sing   (sĭng)   
v.   sang (sāng) or sung (sŭng), sung, sing·ing, sings

v.   intr.

  1. Music

    1. To utter a series of words or sounds in musical tones.

    2. To vocalize songs or selections.

    3. To perform songs or selections as a trained or professional singer.

    4. To produce sounds when played: made the violin sing.

    5. To make melodious sounds: birds singing outside the window.

    6. To give or have the effect of melody; lilt.

    7. To proclaim or extol something in verse.

    8. To write poetry.

    1. To make melodious sounds: birds singing outside the window.

    2. To give or have the effect of melody; lilt.

    3. To proclaim or extol something in verse.

    4. To write poetry.

  3. To make a high whining, humming, or whistling sound.

  4. To be filled with a buzzing or ringing sound.

    1. To proclaim or extol something in verse.

    2. To write poetry.

  6. Slang To give information or evidence against someone.

v.   tr.

  1. Music

    1. To produce the musical sound of: sang a love song.

    2. To utter with musical inflections: She sang the message.

    3. To bring to a specified state by singing: sang the baby to sleep.

  2. To intone or chant (parts of the Mass, for example).

  3. To proclaim or extol, especially in verse: sang his praises.

n.   Music
A gathering of people for group singing.
Phrasal Verb(s):
sing outTo call out loudly.

[Middle English singen, from Old English singan; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots.]
sing'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

sing out

Call out loudly, shout, as in One of them fell in the stream and sang out for help. [Early 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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