Dictionary

singsong en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪŋsɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈsɪŋsɔŋ/ (General-American)
• /ˈsɪŋsɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From sing + song.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to a piece of singsong; simple and melodic, varying in pitch.

Forms

singsong en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪŋsɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈsɪŋsɔŋ/ (General-American)
• /ˈsɪŋsɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From sing + song.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A piece of verse with a simple, songlike rhythm.
2. (countable, uncountable) An informal gathering at which songs are sung; a singing session.
   • We gathered round the campfire for a little singsong.
3. (countable, uncountable) Low-quality singing or poetry.
   • I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […] 1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 218–221:
4. (countable, uncountable) A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a poorly executed song.

Forms

Deriveds

singsong girl · singsongy

Translations (5)

it cantata (an informal gathering at which songs are sung; a singing session) · no allsang (a piece of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm) · it cantilena (a piece of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm) · no allsang (an informal gathering at which songs are sung; a singing session) · eo kvazaŭ kanti (drawling or monotonous tone, as of a poorly executed song)

singsong en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪŋsɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈsɪŋsɔŋ/ (General-American)
• /ˈsɪŋsɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From sing + song.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To utter in a singsong voice.
   • The birdlike female vendors speak only if spoken to, except when softly singsonging in a dialect that sounds like Navajo. 1987 May, Texas Monthly, volume 15, number 5, page 184:
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To compose poor poetry.
   • [Y]ou sit / Sing-songing here; but, if I'm any judge, / By God, you are as poor a poet, Wyatt, / As a good soldier. 1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act II, scene i, pages 65–66:

Forms

Deriveds

singsongingly