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singsong

[ sing-sawng, -song ]

noun

  1. verse, or a piece of verse, that is monotonously jingly in rhythm and pattern of pitch.
  2. monotonous rhythmical cadence, tone, or sound.
  3. British. an unrehearsed singing of well-known songs by an audience or other informal, untrained group; a community sing.


adjective

  1. monotonous in rhythm and in pitch.

singsong

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noun

  1. an accent, metre, or intonation that is characterized by an alternately rising and falling rhythm, as in a person's voice, piece of verse, etc
  2. an informal session of singing, esp of popular or traditional songs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. having a regular or monotonous rising and falling rhythm

    a singsong accent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of singsong1

First recorded in 1600–10; sing + song
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But its pièce de résistance for Roffman was Caselotti herself, who was home that afternoon and happy to entertain strangers with her cherubic singsong cadence.

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A rabbi led a singsong chant calling for “no more war†and “cease-fire now†and offered a prayer for peace in Hebrew and English.

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The Frankenstein patchwork of his face has echoes of Alasdair Gray's chiselled artwork and he uses the same gentle accent and singsong voice as Gray himself.

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Designed to unite parishioners stuck at home during Covid lockdown, his "a tipple and a singsong" idea took off and attracted worshippers as far away as Brazil.

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A tweak here gives the story a singsong rhythm; a shift there adds a note of absurdism.

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