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SINGSONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal group singing of popular songs
Synonyms:
singalong; singsong
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("singsong" is a kind of...):
singing; vocalizing (the act of singing vocal music)
Derivation:
singsong (speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong)
singsong (move as if accompanied by a singsong)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("singsong" is a kind of...):
intonation; modulation; pitch contour (rise and fall of the voice pitch)
Derivation:
singsong (speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong)
singsong (move as if accompanied by a singsong)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
Example:
a singsong manner of speaking
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
rhythmic; rhythmical (recurring with measured regularity)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "singsong" is one way to...):
cantillate; chant; intonate; intone (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will singsong the duet
Derivation:
singsong (informal group singing of popular songs)
singsong (a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move as if accompanied by a singsong
Example:
The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "singsong" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
singsong (informal group singing of popular songs)
singsong (a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation)
