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song
[sawng, song] 
–noun
—Idiom| 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. |
| 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
bef. 900; ME song, sang, OE; c. G Sang, ON sǫngr, Goth saggws
Related forms:
songlike, adjective
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.
[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.] |
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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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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.
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