sing-song

See also: singsong

English

Noun

sing-song (plural sing-songs)

1. Alternative form of singsong
   • 2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     As Jürgen Klopp took Sadio Mané in his arms and spun him like a beloved ballroom partner, there was a moment of sing-song communion with the Kop. They love these big fat emotional notes here.

Adjective

sing-song (comparative more sing-song, superlative most sing-song)

1. Alternative form of singsong
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 41:

     ...she put on a kind of sing-song voice whenever she was pissed, it was one of the signs that she was really gone...

   • 2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club:

     Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.