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Singsong Very Common

Singsong has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation

2

informal group singing of popular songs

3

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

Verb
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"

3

To utter in a singsong voice.

Adjective
1

uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting

"their chantlike intoned prayers"

"a singsong manner of speaking"

2

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

Example Sentences
"The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain" verb
"their chantlike intoned prayers" adjective
"a singsong manner of speaking" adjective
See Also
neener cant pitch
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
intonation singing chant move
Rhyming Words
ong bong gong nong wong rong jong song hong long dong tong fong mong cong pong vong zong yong kong
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