Meaning of SINGSONG
| Pronunciation: | | 'singsâng
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- [n] (British) informal group singing of popular songs
- [n] a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
- [adj] uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking"
- [v] speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong
- [v] move as if accompanied by a singsong; "The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain"
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| | Synonyms: | | chantlike, intoned, rhythmic, rhythmical |
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| | See Also: | | cantillate, chant, displace, intonate, intonation, intone, modulation, move, pitch contour, singing, vocalizing | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sing"song`\, n.
1. Bad singing or poetry.
2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed
song.
\Sing"song`\, a.
Drawling; monotonous.
\Sing"song`\, v. i.
To write poor poetry. [R.] --Tennyson.
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