soloing

Variant of solo

solo definition

solo ()

noun pl. solos -·los or soli -·li (-lē)

    1. a musical piece or passage played or sung by one person, with or without accompaniment
    2. a performance of such a piece or passage
    3. a dance, pantomime, etc., for performance by one person
  1. an airplane flight made by a pilot alone, without an assistant, instructor, etc.
  2. any performance by one person alone
  3. any of several card games in which each person plays, or a person may choose to play, alone against the others, without a partner

Etymology: It < L solus, alone, sole

adjective

  1. designed for or performed by a single voice, person, or instrument
  2. performing a solo

adverb

without another or others; alone

intransitive verb soloed -·loed, soloing -·lo·ing

  1. to perform a solo
  2. to make a solo flight

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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