Words that rhyme with stringing

adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first] n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending, finish] 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant: end, middle] 4: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source] 5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start, commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]

n 1: the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [syn: delivery, bringing]

n 1: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]

n 1: a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin

n 1: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: ring, ringing, tintinnabulation] 2: the giving of a ring as a token of engagement 3: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [syn: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy]

adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing] n 1: the act of singing vocal music [syn: singing, vocalizing] 2: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling]

n 1: throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)

adj 1: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" [syn: cutting, edged, stinging] n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" [syn: sting, stinging]

adj 1: characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure" [syn: lilting, swinging, swingy, tripping] n 1: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: swing, swinging, vacillation]

n 1: properties acquired during a person's formative years 2: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing]