sing-in

See also: singin

English

Etymology

From sing +‎ -in.

Noun

sing-in (plural sing-ins)

1. A peaceful protest where people sing, often to obstruct the normal course of an event.
   • 2012 March 28, Karen Lowe, “How Communal Singing Disappeared From American Life”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Although they're more fragmentary, the protest moments involving song still have Stamp excited: from ongoing sing-ins at courthouses to resist home foreclosures, to the night when Occupy was evicted from Zuccotti Park in November, when dozens of arrested activists sang "Stand By Me" and "With a Little Help From My Friends" in the halls of central booking.

Anagrams

• Sining, sign in