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sing
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[ verb ] (music) deliver by singing
Examples "Sing Christmas carols" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He was also at_the_same_time gaining practical experience as a safe_breaker and highwayman , and learning how to shoot to kill from a Neanderthal convicted murderer named Gene_Geary , later committed to Chester_Asylum as a homicidal maniac , but whose eyes misted with tears when the young Dion sang a ballad about an Irish mother in his clear and syrupy tenor . (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)And when the singing began , it was the Gouldings who sang the old Irish songs the best . (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)The guns are fired , the hymns are sung , and the body of Charles is carried down to the vault and laid beside the tombs of his ancestors . (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)In the tune to which this hymn is most often sung , `` Boylston '' , the syllables have and fy , ending their lines , have twice the time any other syllables have . |
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[ verb ] (music) produce musical tones with the voice
Examples "She was singing while she was cooking" "My brother sings very well" Used in print (The Wall Street Journal,...)Susan_Johnson , as the widow , spends the first_half of the play running a bar and singing about the unlamented death of her late husband and the second_half trying to acquire a new one . Rouben_Ter-Arutunian , in his stage_settings , often uses the scrim curtain behind which Mr._Cole has placed couples or groups who sing and set the mood for the scenes which are to follow . There is no reason why most theatergoers should not have a pretty good time at `` Donnybrook '' , unless they are permanently in the mood of Enright when he sings about how easily he could hate the lovable Irish . The music sang nicely , sprinted evenly when necessary , was properly accented and balanced . He has the temperament and the stage presence for a rousing villain and he sang with character and strong tone . |
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[ verb ] divulge information or secrets; spill the beans
Examples "Be careful--his secretary talks" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)And I would further note that they all - with one exception again - sang in one key or another the same song . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12947
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