SINGSONG Definition & Meaning

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singsong

[ sing-sawng, -song ]

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noun

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

adjective

monotonous in rhythm and in pitch.

singsong

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noun

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
an informal session of singing, esp of popular or traditional songs

adjective

having a regular or monotonous rising and falling rhythm
a singsong accent

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51�Թ� 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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