Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation singular
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Examples
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Maybe the 10% will be enough to make this title sing.
Boardgame News 2010
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In (archaic) Quenya this is written hl, but was in the Third Age usually pronounced as l. NG represents ng in finger, except finally where it was sounded as in English sing.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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‘Now that was the second time in all my life I heard this Sword sing.’ ...
Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'Now that was the second time in all my life I heard this Sword sing.' ...
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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A comment posted by an El Puma on a popular Web site boasted that the captors would make Mario Gonzalez "sing."
Mexican drug cartel forces lawyer's video confessions William Booth 2010
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Meanwhile, a friend of ours in Marseille visits now and again and brings his dog that does "sing."
Controversial origins of the domestic dog Darren Naish 2006
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The evening may end with a "musical flight," or, in other words, a rousing "sing."
Entertaining Made Easy Emily Rose Burt
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In very many cases, individuals who formerly would have nothing to do with one another have been drawn together and have become really friendly, as the result of sitting together at a community "sing."
Essentials in Conducting Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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But if he has a definite program in mind and knows his material so well that he does not need to look at his book, he will be much more likely to succeed in holding the interest of his chorus throughout the "sing."
Essentials in Conducting Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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He recalled the time when he had first played the phonograph in order to hear the dog "sing."
Mountain Blood A Novel Joseph Hergesheimer 1917
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