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comparative more singsong, superlative most singsong
Like a piece of singsong; simple and melodic, varying in pitch (of tone of voice etc.) examples
plural singsongs
A piece of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm. examples
An informal gathering at which songs are sung; a singing session. examples
Bad singing or poetry. quotations examples
I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]
1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], page 12, lines 218–221
A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song. examples
third-person singular simple present singsongs, present participle singsonging, simple past and past participle singsonged
To utter in a singsong voice. quotations examples
The birdlike female vendors speak only if spoken to, except when softly singsonging in a dialect that sounds like Navajo.
1987 May, Texas Monthly, volume 15, number 5, page 184
(obsolete) To write poor poetry. quotations
[Y]ou sit / Sing-songing here; but, if I'm any judge, / By God, you are as poor a poet, Wyatt, / As a good soldier.
1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., Act II, scene i, pages 65–66