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song

  [sawng, song]
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–noun
1. a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
2. a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn's “Songs without Words.”
3. poetical composition; poetry.
4. the art or act of singing; vocal music.
5. something that is sung.
6. an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.
—Idiom
7. for a song, at a very low price; as a bargain: We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME song, sang, OE; c. G Sang, ON sǫngr, Goth saggws

Related forms:
songlike, adjective
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Song

  [sawng]
–noun Pinyin.
1. Ai⋅ling  [ahy-ling] . Soong, Ai-ling.
2. Qing⋅ling  [ching-ling] . Soong, Ching-ling.
3. Mei⋅ling  [mey-ling] . Soong, Mei-ling.
4. Zi⋅wen  [zœ-wuhn] . Soong, Tse-ven.
5. Sung.

Sung

  [soong] ,
–noun
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
Also, Song.
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song   (sông, sŏng)   
n.  

  1. Music

    1. A brief composition written or adapted for singing.

    2. The act or art of singing: broke into song.

    3. Poetry; verse.

    4. A lyric poem or ballad.

  2. A distinctive or characteristic sound made by an animal, such as a bird or an insect.

    1. Poetry; verse.

    2. A lyric poem or ballad.


[Middle English, from Old English sang; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots.]
Song also Sung   (sŏŏng)   
A Chinese dynasty (960-1279). Under its rule China achieved one of its highest levels of culture and prosperity.

[Chinese (Mandarin) Sòng, named after Sòng prefecture by its founder Zhao Kuangyin, where he was conferred his title.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

song

In addition to the idiom beginning with song, also see for a song; swan song.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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