noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of singen to sing
1. : the act or sound of one that sings
2. : sing a — often used in plural
Sunday night singings for the young people — J.W.Frey
3. : a whining, whistling, or humming sound made by something in vibration
the singing of crosscut saws — American Guide Series: Michigan
the strange high singing of some aeroplane overhead — Virginia Woolf
specifically : a humming or ringing in one's ears