singsong

[ sing-sawng, -song ]

/ ˈsɪŋˌsɔŋ, -ˌsɒŋ /

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noun

verse, or a piece of verse, that is monotonously jingly in rhythm and pattern of pitch.

monotonous rhythmical cadence, tone, or sound.

British. an unrehearsed singing of well-known songs by an audience or other informal, untrained group; a community sing.

adjective

monotonous in rhythm and in pitch.

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Origin of singsong

First recorded in 1600–10; sing + song

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How to use singsong in a sentence

So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I still do find it a tremendously useful device to invent a character and have the character sing the song.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In 2012, as a 10th grader, Lean says he recorded his first legitimate song, “Hurt.”
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So we picked out the song (“Rhiannon,” click here for video), and Deer Tick learned it.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

So this is Christmas, as the song goes, and what have we done?
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Strive to speak or sing fluently without breaking the quality of tone used.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
At this moment the tinkling of a mule's bells, mingled with the song of the muleteer, came on the air.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
While half of Christendom sing “On earth peace, good will toward men,” the other half sing, “On earth peace to men of good will.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Gushing waters thrilled the ears with the sweetness of an old familiar song.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The song stopped abruptly, the music died away, there was an interval of silence no one broke.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for singsong

singsong

/ (ˈsɪŋˌsɒŋ) /

noun

an accent, metre, or intonation that is characterized by an alternately rising and falling rhythm, as in a person's voice, piece of verse, etc

British an informal session of singing, esp of popular or traditional songs

adjective

having a regular or monotonous rising and falling rhythma singsong accent

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