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song
1[ sawng, song ]
noun
- a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
Mendelssohn's “Songs without Words.”
- poetical composition; poetry.
- the art or act of singing; vocal music.
- an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.
Song
2[ sawng ]
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 (Wade-Giles) Sung [].
- Ai·ling [ahy, -, ling]. Ai-ling Soong.
- Qing·ling [ching, -, ling]. Ching-ling Soong.
- Mei·ling [mey, -, ling]. Mei-ling Soong.
- Zi·wen [zœ, -, wuhn]. Tse-ven Soong.
Song
1/ sʊŋ /
noun
- the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Sung
song
2/ sɒŋ /
noun
- a piece of music, usually employing a verbal text, composed for the voice, esp one intended for performance by a soloist
- the whole repertory of such pieces
- ( as modifier )
a song book
- poetical composition; poetry
- the characteristic tuneful call or sound made by certain birds or insects
- the act or process of singing
they raised their voices in song
- for a songat a bargain price
- on song informal.performing at peak efficiency or ability
Derived Forms
- ˈsongˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- songlike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of song1
Word History and Origins
Origin of song1
Idioms and Phrases
- for a song, at a very low price; as a bargain:
We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.
More idioms and phrases containing song
In addition to the idiom beginning with song , also see for a song ; swan song .Example Sentences
Brennan, who stood down as an MP in July after 23 years, played in what he called the world's first parliamentary rock band, MP4, and wrote and recorded his own songs.
The booking comes after a year in which her signature song Murder On The Dancefloor enjoyed an unexpected resurgence, after featuring in the hit film Saltburn.
And this role, I think, really combines those two sides of her work and also builds towards where she has to sing the iconic song from the show, “Defying Gravity.”
“In me saying ‘Nazarene,’ it makes the song less preachy, less religious,” Samuel explains on a recent afternoon in West Hollywood.
Stapleton also won song of the year and single of the year for White Horse.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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