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for a song, at a very low price; as a bargain: We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.
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Song
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
before 900; Middle English song, sang, Old English; cognate with German Sang, Old Norse sǫngr, Gothic saggws
before 900; Middle English song, sang, Old English; cognate with German Sang, Old Norse sǫngr, Gothic saggws
Related forms
song·like, adjective
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song (sɒŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a piece of music, usually employing a verbal text, composed for the voice, esp one intended for performance by a soloist |
| b. the whole repertory of such pieces | |
| c. (as modifier): a song book | |
| 2. | poetical composition; poetry |
| 3. | the characteristic tuneful call or sound made by certain birds or insects |
| 4. | the act or process of singing: they raised their voices in song |
| 5. | for a song at a bargain price |
| 6. | informal (Brit) on song performing at peak efficiency or ability |
| [Old English sang; related to Gothic saggws, Old High German sang; see | |
| 'songlike | |
| —adj | |
| Song (sʊŋ) | |
| —n | |
| the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Sung | |
| Soong or Song (sʊŋ) | |
| —n | |
| an influential Chinese family, notably Soong Ch'ing-ling (1890--1981), who married Sun Yat-sen and became a vice-chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959); and Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), who married Chiang Kai-shek | |
| Song or Song | |
| —n | |
| Sung or Song (sʊŋ) | |
| —n | |
| an imperial dynasty of China (960--1279 | |
| Song or Song | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
song
O.E. sang "art of singing, a metrical composition adapted for singing," from P.Gmc. *sangwaz (cf. O.N. söngr, Norw. song, Swed. sång, O.S., Dan., O.Fris., O.H.G., Ger. sang, M.Du. sanc, Du. zang, Goth. saggws), related to sing (q.v.). Songbook is O.E. sangboc; song-bird
is from 1774; songster is O.E. sangystre. Phrase for a song is from "All's Well" III.ii.9. With a song in (one's) heart "feeling of joy" is first attested 1930 in Lorenz Hart's lyric. Song and dance as a form of vaudeville act is attested from 1872; fig. sense of "rigmarole" is from 1895.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences from the web
The song bo diddley was based on the lullaby hush little baby.
During its initial release the song spent several weeks atop the your hit parade charts.
Mentioned in the sonic youth song trilogy from the album daydream nation.
Into every song, almost as if he was incapable of holding back.
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