sing small
/sɪŋ ˈsmɔl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "By all that's good, I muſt myſelf ſing ſmall in her company!—I vvill never meet at hard-edge vvith her— […]"
- "Then shoots through my enjoyment / The one sharp drop of gall: / The host—the cur, the heathen— / On 'Baccy singeth small."
- "Deutschland sleeps: her star has waned. / France, the Thundress whilome, now / Singeth small, with bated breath."
- "[A]re not moſt of our kings being vvhen they ſing ſmall and fine, after a puling maner, ſaluted Apolloes for their muſicke: […]"
- "I marvell'd ſhe ſung ſo ſmall indeed, being no Maid."
- "The Poet culls that dainty flowers; he saileth on the floods; / Leaps with the fountain's ecstacy,^([sic – meaning ecstasy]) and dwelleth in the woods; / Launcheth his barque of hopeful song, nor dreads the roaring fall; / Singing with lark and nightingale, though oft he singeth small."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɪŋ ˈsmɔl/
- British English: /sɪŋ ˈsmɔːl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
sings small (present, singular)
singing small (participle, present)
sang small (past)
sung small (participle, past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
sang small (first person, past)
singest small (archaic, present)
sang small (past, second person)
sangest small (archaic, past)
sungest small (archaic, past)
singeth small (archaic, present)