Sing vs Bing - What's the difference?
sing | bing |
To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
To soothe with singing.
(slang) To confess under interrogation.
To make a small, shrill sound.
* Alexander Pope
To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
* Prior
A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.
* 2002 , Martha Mizell Puckett, ?Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom (page 198)
(slang): Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
(British) A heap or pile, such as a slag heap. Cognate with Scots bing.
The sound made by a bell, an
: Bing ! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times.
:: Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010 , Jim Rankin http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010)
: Bing Bang Boing
:: Douglas Florian, 1994 http://books.google.com/books?id=KtsSWKOWfnwC&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false (accessed 17 September 2010)
: The Tao of Bada Bing
:: David Chase, 2003 http://books.google.com/books?id=R9FlujWxnDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1566492785 (accessed 17 September 2010)
As a verb sing
is to produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.As a noun sing
is a gathering for the purpose of singing songs.As a proper noun bing is
of (etyl) origin and unknown meaning or bing can be (internet) a search engine introduced by microsoft in 2009.sing
English
Verb
- "I really want to sing in the school choir." said Vera .
citation
- to sing somebody to sleep
- The air sings in passing through a crevice.
- O'er his head the flying spear / Sang innocent, and spent its force in air.
- Bid her sing / Of human hope by cross event destroyed.
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* besing * sing along / sing-along * singer * sing from the same hymnbook * singing cowboy * sing out * singsong * sing soprano * sing the praisesSee also
* singeNoun
(en noun)- Some of the young folks asked Mrs. Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing.