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Sung

noun
1.
The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy.  Synonyms: Song, Song dynasty, Sung dynasty.


Sing

verb
(past sang; past part. sung; pres. part. singing)
1.
Deliver by singing.
2.
Produce tones with the voice.  "My brother sings very well"
3.
To make melodious sounds.
4.
Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound.  Synonym: whistle.  "The bullet sang past his ear"
5.
Divulge confidential information or secrets.  Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, talk, tattle.  Antonym: keep quiet.



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"Sung" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the window and unhooks his fiddle; he stands with it halfway to his shoulder. Suddenly he opens the window and leans out. A confused murmur of voices is heard; and a snatch of the Marseillaise, sung by a girl. Then the shuffling tramp of feet, and figures are ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... so that influential and well-disposed friends have urgently advised me to strike out the solo and chorus and to end the Symphony with the C major common chord of the orchestra). It was really my intention at first to have the whole "Chorus mysticus" sung invisibly—which, however, would be possible only at performances given in theaters, by having the curtain lowered. Besides which, I felt doubtful whether the sound would not have thus become ...
— Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 2: "From Rome to the End" • Franz Liszt; letters collected by La Mara and translated
... up, for no one had ever heard such a woman's voice in the streets before. Reanda peered before him through the gloom, saw three people standing at the next corner, and hastened his long steps. An instinct he could not explain told him that Gloria had sung the short strain, which had left him cold and indifferent when he had heard it in the theatre. He was neither now, and he was possessed by the desire to be sure that ...
— Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) • F. Marion Crawford
... bottle in his hand, were guarding the door, at which Stark, the unfortunate owner of Crom-a-boo, was vainly endeavouring to make his exit, which he was assured he should not be allowed to do till he had sung a song standing on the sideboard. And the younger son of Mars, conquered by tobacco and whiskey, was leaning his unfortunate head on the table, and deluging Keegan's feet with the shower which ...
— The Macdermots of Ballycloran • Anthony Trollope
... pack-train, sir. It's the major's orders," sung out the trooper, only momentarily checking his horse. It always annoys the officers of a marching column to have messengers galloping up and down along their flanks, but this was the major's own orderly, and no man might rebuke ...
— Under Fire • Charles King


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