singsong

English

Alternative forms

• sing-song

Etymology

sing + song.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪŋsɒŋ/

Adjective

singsong (comparative more singsong, superlative most singsong)

1. Like a piece of singsong; simple and melodic, varying in pitch (of tone of voice etc.)

Noun

singsong (plural singsongs)

1. A piece of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm.
2. An informal gathering at which songs are sung; a singing session.

   We gathered round the campfire for a little singsong.

3. Bad singing or poetry.
4. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.

Translations

a piece of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm

• Norwegian: allsang (no) m

an informal gathering at which songs are sung; a singing session

• Norwegian: allsang (no) m

Verb

singsong (third-person singular simple present singsongs, present participle singsonging, simple past and past participle singsonged)

1. To utter in a singsong voice.
   • 1987, Texas Monthly (volume 15, number 5, May 1987, page 184)

     The birdlike female vendors speak only if spoken to, except when softly singsonging in a dialect that sounds like Navajo.

2. (obsolete) To write poor poetry.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)