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Yes. The word sing is a Scrabble US word. The word sing is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (5 found)

GINS,INGS,SIGN,SING,SNIG,

3-letter words (7 found)

GIN,GIS,ING,INS,NIS,SIG,SIN,

2-letter words (4 found)

GI,IN,IS,SI,

You can make 16 words from sing according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sing

sing isng snig nsig insg nisg sign isgn sgin gsin igsn gisn sngi nsgi sgni gsni ngsi gnsi ings nigs igns gins ngis gnis

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Definitions and meaning of sing

sing

Etymology

From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Cognate with German singen (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĭng; IPA(key): /sɪŋ/
  • (General American) enPR: sēng; IPA(key): /si(ː)ŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iŋ

Verb

sing (third-person singular simple present sings, present participle singing, simple past sang, past participle sung or (archaic) sungen)

  1. (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
  2. (intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
  3. (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
  4. (transitive) To soothe with singing.
  5. (transitive, intransitive) Of birds, to vocalise:
    1. (ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
    2. (literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
  6. (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
  7. (intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
  8. To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
  9. (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
  10. (ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
  11. (Australia) In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse. [from 19th c.]

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (confess under interrogation): See also Thesaurus:confess and Thesaurus:rat out

Derived terms

Related terms

  • song

Translations

Noun

sing (plural sings)

  1. The act, or event, of singing songs.

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

  • IGNs, Ings, NGIs, gins, ings, nigs, sign, snig

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zingen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səŋ/

Verb

sing (present sing, present participle singende, past participle gesing)

  1. to sing

Derived terms

  • gesonge (verbal adjective)

German

Pronunciation

Verb

sing

  1. singular imperative of singen

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German. First attested in 1368.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃiŋɡ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋɡ

Noun

sing (plural singek)

  1. (archaic) cubit (a unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm)

Declension

Derived terms

  • singcsont

References

Further reading

  • sing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).

Noun

sing 

  1. sound

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian singu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪnk/

Noun

sing m (plural singi or snug)

  1. line
    Synonyms: linja, ħatt
  2. dash, hyphen
    Synonym: linjetta

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thiiŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ. Cognates include Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:) and Chinese 薑／姜 (jiāng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siŋ˧˥/

Noun

síng

  1. ginger

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thiŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ. Cognates include Burmese သစ် (sac) and Chinese 薪 (xīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siŋ˧˥/

Noun

síng

  1. tree

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45

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