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Verb: sing (sang,sung)  sing
  1. Produce musical tones with the voice, esp. words with a tune
    "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
     
  2. Deliver by singing
    "Sing Christmas carols"
     
  3. To make melodious sounds
    "The nightingale was singing"
     
  4. Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
    "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear";
    - whistle
     
  5. [informal] Divulge confidential information or secrets
    "Be careful--his secretary sings";
    - spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab [informal], peach [informal], babble, babble out, blab out [informal], give the game away
Noun: sing  sing
  1. An instance of singing

Derived forms: sings, singing, sung, sang

Type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, emit, expose, give away, go, interpret, lay bare, let loose, let on, let out, mouth, render, reveal, sound, speak, talk, uncover, unwrap, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Sing, Sing, Sing