Hypertext Webster Gateway: "singsong"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Singsong \Sing"song`\, n.
1. Bad singing or poetry.
2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed
song.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Singsong \Sing"song`\, a.
Drawling; monotonous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Singsong \Sing"song`\, v. i.
To write poor poetry. [R.] --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
singsong
adj : uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;
"their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner
of speaking" [syn: {chantlike}, {intoned}]
n 1: a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
2: (British) informal group singing of popular songs
v 1: speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong
2: move as if accompanied by a singsong; "The porters
singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain"
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