singsong

play

noun sing·song \ˈsiŋ-ˌsȯŋ\

Definition of singsong

1 : verse with marked and regular rhythm and rhyme
2 : a voice delivery marked by a narrow range or monotonous pattern of pitch
3 British : songfest

singsongy

play \ˈsiŋ-ˌsȯŋ-ē\ adjective

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Examples of singsong in a Sentence

They spoke in a singsong.

Recent Examples of singsong from the Web

With his singsong voice echoing through the school’s P.A. system, Hunt talked about Jody Bradley, a first-grade teacher who had grown up in Chehalis and, at first, hadn’t considered higher education.

— katherine long, The Seattle Times, "Just 20% of kids got 4-year degrees, so Chehalis schools changed everything", 1 June 2017
Outside, an umbrella vendor trying to lure customers repeated a singsong, two-note chant, a narrow interval between G and the B above it.

— corey kilgannon, New York Times, "Character Study", 1 Dec. 2016

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First Known Use of singsong

1609

singsong

adjective sing·song

Definition of singsong

: having a monotonous cadence or rhythm

Recent Examples of singsong from the Web

The film’s special music is that of Dickinson’s poems, which are heard, throughout, in recitations by Nixon that catch the glint of raging inner furies looming deep within the poems’ plain surfaces and lullingly singsong hymnal rhythms.

— richard brody, The New Yorker, "Terence Davies’s Truthful Fictions About Emily Dickinson", 19 Apr. 2017