Sing \Sing\, v. i. [imp. Sungor Sang; p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.]

[AS. singan; akin to D. zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw. sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say, v.t., or cf. Gr. ??? voice. Cf. Singe, Song.]

1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.

The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii. 18.

2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.

On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer.

Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden.

3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.

O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope.

4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. --Milton.

Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from Sing, v.

Singing bird. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
   (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.

Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes.

Singing falcon or hawk. (Zo["o]l.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting.

Singing fish (Zo["o]l.), a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus).

Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.

Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.

Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)