singsong

IPA: sˈɪŋsɔŋ

noun

  • A piece of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm.
  • An informal gathering at which songs are sung; a singing session.
  • Bad singing or poetry.
  • A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.

verb

  • To utter in a singsong voice.
  • (obsolete) To write poor poetry.

adjective

  • Like a piece of singsong; simple and melodic, varying in pitch (of tone of voice etc.)
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Examples of "singsong" in Sentences

  • He speaks to himself in a singsong backward way and can leap.8 miles.
  • Do not say it in a singsong fashion or out of habit or as an imposition.
  • She narrated the episodes in a singsong voice and acted in three of them.
  • She perfected a comical singsong delivery that established her in dumb roles.
  • There was some kind of singsong festival going on there, most likely prayers for rain.
  • I also fluff thier pillow and read them their favorite jihad passages from the Koran, in singsong fashion.
  • A woman's powerful voice called a singsong phrase, and the children replied in a penetrating chorus, punctuating each phrase with unison claps.
  • Have dinner with Husband’s high school friend; afterwards, tease Husband unmercifully, repeating “you liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike her” in singsong tones until he stops speaking to me.
  • And for all her grandmotherly warmth, Pelosi's peppy bursts of enthusiasm and penchant for speaking in singsong phrases — "We've gotta win, not whine!" — make her come across like a cheerfully energetic PTA mom rather than a party leader capable of swaying national opinion.
  • As Stephanopoulos himself cozily recalls, his War Room buddy James Carville screamed in singsong when they scored a press hit on a political opponent (in language that would be unimaginable in Myers’s PG-rated book): “He’s going to have a clus-ter-fuck; he’s going to have a clus-ter-fuck.”

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