A place where certain species of male birds, especially the woodcock and capercaillie, congregate to sing and display themselves, in order to attract a female.

singing hinnynoun

A kind of bannock or scone with currants, traditional in the north of England.

singing sawnoun

Synonym of musical saw.

singing sopranoadj

Castrated or injured in the testicles.

singing telegramnoun

A message sent like a telegram, but delivered to the recipient by a performer who sings the message.

singing voicenoun

A person's voice when singing.

singinglyadv

whilst singing; accompanied by the sounds of singing

singingnessnoun

The quality of singing, or having a song-like sound.

singjaynoun

A Jamaican style of reggae combining toasting and singing in an elastic scat format.

singjunoun

A spicy Meitei traditional dish, made of ingredients such as meat and vegetables.

singkamasnoun

Synonym of jicama.

Singkaporname

Alternative form of Singapore.

Singkarporname

Alternative form of Singkapor.

Singkawangname

A city in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Singkiangname

Misspelling of Sinkiang.

Singlaname

A surname from Hindi.

singleadj

Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.

single actionnoun

A trigger mechanism with such behavior.

single and ready to mingleadj

Not having a current romantic partner and eager to flirt or browse potential romantic partners.

single as a Pringleadj

Very much single; having no romantic involvement with anybody else.

single bednoun

A standard-sized bed, usually for the use of only one person.

single entendrenoun

A phrase that has a single, often bawdy, meaning and is lacking in subtlety or cleverness.

single eyelidnoun

An upper eyelid that has no noticeable fold when the eye is open; typical of East Asian eyes.

single filenoun

A line or queue one person wide.

single lifeadj

Describing a life insurance policy that insures a single individual's life.

single order pickingnoun

Synonym of pick-to-order.

single outverb

To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently.

single parentverb

To act as the only guardian of offspring.

single parentingnoun

The act or condition of being a single parent.

single point of failurenoun

A component in a device, or a point in a network, that, if it were to fail, would cause the entire device or network to fail (normally eliminated by adding redundancy).

single shotnoun

Synonym of long take.

single yellow linenoun

A single yellow line painted at the side of a road to show that parking is permitted only at specified times.

single-blindadj

Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the trial is withheld from particular participants until the experiment is complete. Most commonly, information about treatment groups is withheld from subjects, but not the administrators.

single-cellingnoun

The practice of placing a prisoner alone in a cell.

single-deckernoun

a single-deck bus, which has only one level for passengers, unlike a double-decker.

single-drivernoun

A steam locomotive with a single driving axle.

single-figureadj

Relating to numbers below ten (which is a double figure - 1 + 0).

single-handverb

To sail a boat unassisted, without any crew beyond oneself.

single-handedadj

Without help from others; unassisted.

single-handedlyadv

Alone; without assistance; by oneself.

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