sing-song

See also: singsong

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋsɒŋ/

Noun

sing-song (plural sing-songs)

  1. A kind of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm.
  2. (colloquial, often childish) An informal gathering involving group singing.

Adjective

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

  1. Like a piece of sing-song; simple and melodic, song-like.
    • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 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" for 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.
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