English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 434 of 1086

sing Kumbayaverb

To seek peace and ignore disagreements.

sing like a birdverb

To have a beautiful singing voice.

sing outverb

To cry out, e.g. when in pain.

sing smallverb

To assume a humble tone.

sing sopranoverb

To perform vocal music in a higher pitch than alto.

sing the praises ofverb

to commend (someone or something’s) attributes to others

sing-innoun

A peaceful protest where people sing, often to obstruct the normal course of an event.

sing-offnoun

A competition between two or more singers where each tries to do better than the last.

sing-singnoun

A kind of antelope; the kob.

sing-songnoun

Alternative form of singsong.

sing-songyadj

Singsong.

singabilitynoun

The quality of being singable.

singableadj

Capable of being sung.

singablenessnoun

The quality of being singable.

singablyadv

In a singable manner; so that it can be sung.

singagramnoun

singing telegram

singalongnoun

A gathering of people who sing together

Singanname

Obsolete form of Xi'an.

Singaporanadj

Alternative form of Singaporean.

Singaporename

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.

Singapore Englishname

A localised variety of English found in Singapore, made up of two varieties: high (Singapore Standard English) and low (Singapore Colloquial English, Singlish).

Singapore gripnoun

Synonym of pompoir (“a sexual technique the woman uses her pubococcygeus (vagina) muscles to stimulate the man's penis while both partners remain still”).

Singapore slingnoun

A kind of gin-based cocktail.

Singapore-on-Thamesname

A proposed model for the United Kingdom after Brexit, involving laissez-faire free trade unencumbered by regulation.

Singapore-style noodlesnoun

A Cantonese dish of stir-fried cooked rice vermicelli with meat, vegetables, scrambled eggs, and curry powder.

Singaporeanadj

Of, pertaining to, or from Singapore, or its language or people.

Singaporean corenoun

Singaporeans having birthright citizenship because they are descended from settlers in Singapore prior to independence in 1965.

Singaporeanismnoun

A belief, attitude, lexical item, etc. peculiar to or characteristic of the people of Singapore.

Singaporeanizationnoun

The act or process of making something Singaporean.

Singaporeanizeverb

To make Singaporean.

Singaporeannessnoun

The quality of being Singaporean.

Singaporeseadj

Singaporean

Singaporizeverb

To make or become like Singapore.

Singaporizedverb

simple past of Singaporize

Singaporizesverb

third-person singular simple present active indicative of Singaporize

Singaporizingverb

present participle and gerund of Singaporize

singaranoun

A samosa.

singbacknoun

An exercise where the pupil is instructed to sing back a sequence of notes previously played or sung.

singeverb

To burn slightly.

singe one's wingsverb

To sustain harm, loss or ruin by doing some risky or perilous deed.

singeingverb

present participle and gerund of singe

singeinglyadv

So as to singe or burn slightly.

singernoun

A person who sings, often professionally.

singer-songwriternoun

A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.

singeressnoun

A female singer.

Singerianadj

Of or relating to Peter Singer (born 1946), Australian moral philosopher.

singerienoun

A satirical genre of visual arts depicting monkeys imitating human behaviour, often fashionably dressed.

singerlikeadj

Resembling a singer.

singerlyadj

Proper to or characteristic of a singer

singersnoun

plural of singer (“person who sings”)

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 434. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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