From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/

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• (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋɡɪŋɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ

singing (usually uncountable, plural singings)

1. The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
2. (informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
3. (US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
4. A ringing sound in the ears.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 13:

     I was aware that some one, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my Christian name. [...] In the short space it took to cover the road between the path from Hamilton's shop and the first plank of the Combermere Bridge I had thought over half-a-dozen people who might have committed such a solecism, and had eventually decided that it must have been some singing in my ears.

singing (comparative more singing, superlative most singing)

1. (music) Smooth and flowing.
2. (of a kettle etc.) Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

singing

1. present participle and gerund of sing

• sing
• singing bowl
• singing bread
• song

• ginsing, signing

singing

1. alternative form of syngyng