SINGSONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does singsong mean? 

• SINGSONG (noun)
  The noun SINGSONG has 2 senses:

1. a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation

2. informal group singing of popular songs

  Familiarity information: SINGSONG used as a noun is rare.

• SINGSONG (adjective)
  The adjective SINGSONG has 1 sense:

1. uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting

  Familiarity information: SINGSONG used as an adjective is very rare.

• SINGSONG (verb)
  The verb SINGSONG has 2 senses:

1. speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong

2. move as if accompanied by a singsong

  Familiarity information: SINGSONG used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINGSONG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("singsong" is a kind of...):

intonation; modulation; pitch contour (rise and fall of the voice pitch)

Derivation:

singsong (speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong)

singsong (move as if accompanied by a singsong)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Informal group singing of popular songs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

singalong; singsong

Hypernyms ("singsong" is a kind of...):

singing; vocalizing (the act of singing vocal music)

Derivation:

singsong (speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong)

singsong (move as if accompanied by a singsong)

• SINGSONG (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting

Synonyms:

chantlike; intoned; singsong

Context example:

a singsong manner of speaking

Similar:

rhythmic; rhythmical (recurring with measured regularity)

• SINGSONG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "singsong" is one way to...):

cantillate; chant; intonate; intone (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They will singsong the duet

Derivation:

singsong (informal group singing of popular songs)

singsong (a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move as if accompanied by a singsong

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain

Hypernyms (to "singsong" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

singsong (informal group singing of popular songs)

singsong (a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation)

 Context examples 

“Nay, gentles, gentles!” cried Dame Eliza, in a singsong heedless voice, which showed that such bickerings were nightly things among her guests.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)