singsong
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noun
1.
verse, or a piece of verse, that is monotonously jingly in rhythm and pattern of pitch.
2.
monotonous rhythmical cadence, tone, or sound.
adjective
4.
monotonous in rhythm and in pitch.
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So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | an accent, metre, or intonation that is characterized by an alternately rising and falling rhythm, as in a person's voice, piece of verse, etc |
| 2. | (Brit) an informal session of singing, esp of popular or traditional songs |
| —adj | |
| 3. | having a regular or monotonous rising and falling rhythm: a singsong accent |
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Example sentences
He writes in a simple, singsong prose, with many misspellings.
And some of their dialogue has a curiously naive, singsong quality, rendered accordingly.
Her singsong voice beat an echo against the bare walls.
She played the role hunched over to look small and spoke in a singsong falsetto.
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