Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sing like a bird

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: sing -like a bird
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have a beautiful singing voice.

verb

To divulge secrets with little coercion.

Example Sentences

"When she had gone on a little, she began to sing like a bird, her sweet young voice rising on the air as if it had wings […]"
"Totila will sing like a bird to the cops once I show the photocopies, […]"

Inflected Forms

sings like a bird (present, singular) singing like a bird (participle, present) sang like a bird (past) sung like a bird (participle, past)

Phrases

float like a butterfly kick like a mule quack like a duck sting like a bee

Frequently Paired Words

float like a butterfly kick like a mule quack like a duck songbird sting like a bee

Questions

What does sing like a bird mean?: To have a beautiful singing voice.

How to pronounce sing like a bird

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