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song
1[ sawng, song ]
noun
- a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
Mendelssohn's “Songs without 51Թs.”
- poetical composition; poetry.
- the art or act of singing; vocal music.
- an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.
Song
2[ sawng ]
noun
- a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols. Also (Wade-Giles) Sung [].
- ·Բ [ahy, -, ling]. Ai-ling Soong.
- ϾԲ·Բ [ching, -, ling]. Ching-ling Soong.
- ѱ·Բ [mey, -, ling]. Mei-ling Soong.
- ܾ·ɱ [zœ, -, wuhn]. Tse-ven Soong.
Song
1/ ʊŋ /
noun
- the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Sung
song
2/ ɒŋ /
noun
- a piece of music, usually employing a verbal text, composed for the voice, esp one intended for performance by a soloist
- the whole repertory of such pieces
- ( as modifier )
a song book
- poetical composition; poetry
- the characteristic tuneful call or sound made by certain birds or insects
- the act or process of singing
they raised their voices in song
- for a songat a bargain price
- on song informal.performing at peak efficiency or ability
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԲˌ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- DzԲl adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of song1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of song1
Idioms and Phrases
- for a song, at a very low price; as a bargain:
We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.
More idioms and phrases containing song
In addition to the idiom beginning with song , also see for a song ; swan song .Example Sentences
Nandi added: "I am excited for what is to come. I would love to write more songs and perform gigs with my band and go with the flow."
You can see when he's right and on song he loves his jumping.
The music video for Kendrick Lamar’s song “i,” which prominently features the interior of the 5 Star Bar, was shot long before the rapper became a household name.
All of their songs, whether fully realized or half-baked, were dutifully logged by McCartney into an exercise book he had swiped from school.
"Now the song's finished, and it's out, I'm discovering more and more every single day that Persians are really, really proud of their culture, and it's great to celebrate it," Sheeran told BBC Radio 1.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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