sing-singn.1
A singing or ringing sound.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun]
ringOE
ringingc1300
ringlinga1398
trongling1398
tinging1495
cling1578
sing-sing1659
tang1669
dingle-dangle1694
chang1788
dingling1822
ding-a-ling1886
clappering1891
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Tintínno, any shrill ting.., gurgling, sing-sing, or sharp sounding of bells or bazons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
sing-singn.2
An African antelope, Kobus sing sing or defassa. Also attributive.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Reduncinae > genus Kobus > kobus ellipsiprymnus (water-buck)
waterbok1835
waterbuck1838
water antelope1844
sing-sing1854
Uganda kob1896
Nile lechwe1937
1854 Eng. Cycl., Nat. Hist. I. 254 This animal is called Sing-Sing by all the negroes... The English on the Gambia call it a Jackass-Deer from its appearance.
c1875 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 19 The Nagor,..the Sing-sing, and the Water-buck are closely allied African Antelopes.
c1875 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 20 The Sing-sing Antelope.
1894 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. II. 304 The sing-sing (Cobus defassa), from Western and Central Africa,..differs from the water-buck by its fine and soft hair.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
sing-singn.3
In Papua New Guinea: an occasion of feasting and musical celebration.
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun]
treschec1290
laetificationc1485
gossiping1557
special occasion1574
merry-meeting1597
merrymaking1618
frolic1645
merriment1663
rush1788
convivialities1830
merrymake1833
upshot1837
ball1879
spurt1885
sing-sing1899
jolly1905
rage1980
1899 C. M. E. David Funafuti v. 58 Opataia..came to say that there was to be a sing-sing that night in the schoolroom, in honour of the expedition.
1924 E. Raff Let. 10 Jan. in F. E. Williams Orokaiva Magic (1928) i. 100 At one of the ‘sing sings’ (dances) a follower who fell down ‘dead’ was promptly revived.
1943 S. W. Reed Making of Mod. New Guinea vii. 211 In the native villages the initiation ceremonies, tribal dances, and singsing will continue to express a mode of life utterly foreign to the European.
1968 Telegraph (Brisbane) 3 Sept. 18/6 Cattle given to New Guinean farmers for breeding are being killed and eaten at ‘sing sings’ (festivals).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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