sing-song
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsɪŋsɒŋ/
sing-song
- A kind of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm.
- (colloquial, often, childish) An informal gathering involving group singing.
- 2019, Barney Ronay, Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam (in The Guardian, 8 May 2019)
- As Jürgen Klopp took Sadio Mané in his arms and spun him like a beloved ballroom partner, there was a moment of sing-song communion with the Kop. They love these big fat emotional notes here.
- 2019, Barney Ronay, Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam (in The Guardian, 8 May 2019)
sing-song
- Like a piece of sing-song; simple and melodic, song-like.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 41:
- 2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ "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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