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ALL meanings of sing out

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  • verb without object sing out to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically. 1
  • verb without object sing out to perform a song or voice composition: She promised to sing for us. 1
  • verb without object sing out to produce melodious sounds, usually high in pitch, as certain birds, insects, etc.: The nightingale sang in the tree. 1
  • verb without object sing out to compose poetry: Keats sang briefly but gloriously. 1
  • verb without object sing out to tell about or praise someone or something in verse or song: He sang of the warrior's prowess. 1
  • verb without object sing out to admit of being sung, as verses: This lyric sings well. 1
  • verb without object sing out to give out a continuous ringing, whistling, murmuring, burbling, or other euphonious sound, as a teakettle or a brook. 1
  • verb without object sing out to make a short whistling, ringing, or whizzing sound: The bullet sang past his ear. 1
  • verb without object sing out (of an electrical amplifying system) to produce an undesired self-sustained oscillation. 1
  • verb without object sing out to have the sensation of a ringing or humming sound, as the ears. 1
  • verb without object sing out Slang. to confess or act as an informer; squeal. 1
  • verb with object sing out to utter with musical modulations of the voice, as a song. 1
  • verb with object sing out to escort or accompany with singing. 1
  • verb with object sing out to proclaim enthusiastically. 1
  • verb with object sing out to bring, send, put, etc., with or by singing: She sang the baby to sleep. 1
  • verb with object sing out to chant or intone: to sing mass. 1
  • verb with object sing out to tell or praise in verse or song. 1
  • noun sing out the act or performance of singing. 1
  • noun sing out a gathering or meeting of persons for the purpose of singing: a community sing. 1
  • transitivephrasal verb sing out call, say loudly 1
  • noun sing out a singing, ringing, or whistling sound, as of a bullet. 1
  • phrasal verb sing out If someone sings out something, they say it in a loud, cheerful voice. 0
  • verb sing out to call out in a loud voice; shout 0
  • noun sing out to speak or call out loudly; shout 0
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