sing-along

or sing·a·long

[ sing-uh-lawng, -long ]

/ ˈsɪŋ əˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /

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noun

an informal or unrehearsed singing of songs by a group of people, usually under the direction of a leader; songfest.

an occasion marked by such singing.

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Origin of sing-along

First recorded in 1955–60; noun use of verb phrase sing along

Words nearby sing-along

sinfonia, sinfonietta, sinful, sing, sing a different tune, sing-along, Singapore, Singaporean, Singapore sling, Singapore Strait, “Sing a Song of Sixpence”

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Example sentences from the Web for sing-along

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
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But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
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While excoriating the IRS, Huckabee brings his readers along on a flashback to his youth.
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Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.
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Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
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All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
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First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
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Two Battalions racing due North along the coast and foothills with levelled bayonets.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Presently there was a clattering of hoofs behind him, and Ribsy came galloping along the road, with nothing on him but his collar.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl

British Dictionary definitions for sing-along

sing along

verb (intr, adverb)

to join in singing with a performer

noun sing-along

such a singsong

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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