'Singsong' definitions:
Definition of 'singsong'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking" [syn: chantlike, intoned, singsong]
noun
A regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
noun
Informal group singing of popular songs [syn: singalong, singsong]
verb
Speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong
verb
Move as if accompanied by a singsong; "The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain"
Definition of 'Singsong'
From: GCIDE
- Singsong \Sing"song`\, n.
- 1. Bad singing or poetry. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Singsong'
From: GCIDE
- Singsong \Sing"song`\, a. Drawling; monotonous; having a monotonous cadence. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Singsong'
From: GCIDE
- Singsong \Sing"song`\, v. i. To write poor poetry. [R.] --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'singsong'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alliterating,
- alliteration,
- alliterative,
- assonance,
- assonant,
- belabored,
- blah,
- broken-record,
- chanting,
- chime,
- chiming,
- cliche-ridden,
- clockwork regularity,
- constancy,
- daily round,
- dingdong,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- drone,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dusty,
- even pace,
- even tenor,
- everlasting,
- harping,
- humdrum,
- invariability,
- invariable,
- jingle,
- jingle-jangle,
- jog-trot,
- labored,
- long-winded,
- monologue,
- monotone,
- monotonous,
- monotonousness,
- monotony,
- near rhyme,
- orderliness,
- pitter-patter,
- prolix,
- regularity,
- repeated sounds,
- repetitiousness,
- repetitiveness,
- rhyme,
- rhymed,
- rhyming,
- sameliness,
- sameness,
- slant rhyme,
- smoothness,
- stale repetition,
- tedious,
- tedium,
- treadmill,
- trot,
- undeviation,
- undifferentiation,
- uneventful,
- unnecessary repetition,
- unvariation,
- unvarying