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SIGHTSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sightsing mean? 

SIGHTSING (verb)
  The verb SIGHTSING has 1 sense:

1. sing from a score without having seen it beforeplay

  Familiarity information: SIGHTSING used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIGHTSING (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sing from a score without having seen it before

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

sight-sing; sightsing

Context example:

This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces

Hypernyms (to "sightsing" is one way to...):

sight-read; sightread (perform music from a score without having seen the score before)

Domain category:

performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something


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