sing soprano

verb

To perform vocal music in a higher pitch than alto.

Meanings

verbsing soprano (third-person singular simple present sings soprano, present participle singing soprano, simple past sang soprano, past participle sung soprano)

present singular third person sings soprano · participle present singing soprano · past sang soprano · participle past sung soprano

  1. intransitiveliterallyTo perform vocal music in a higher pitch than alto.
  2. euphemisticidiomaticintransitiveTo suffer castration or an injury to the testicles.

    A couple of women lawyers . . . drew a sharp, gleaming knife and applied it mentally to a target just south of the groom's waistline. If he doesn't like it, let the bastard go sing soprano to the A.C.L.U. Such was the ladies' thought.

    1997 December 8, Lance Morrow, “Goodbye, Miss Havisham”, in Time
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