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sing⋅song

[sing-sawng, -song]
–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.
3. British. an unrehearsed singing of well-known songs by an audience or other informal, untrained group; a community sing.
–adjective
4. monotonous in rhythm and in pitch.

Origin:
1600–10; sing + song
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sing·song   (sĭng'sông', -sŏng')   
n.  
  1. Verse characterized by mechanical regularity of rhythm and rhyme.

  2. A monotonously rising and falling inflection of the voice.

adj.  Monotonous in vocal inflection or rhythm.
sing'song'y adj.
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