song

[sawng, song] /sɔŋ, sɒŋ/
noun
1.
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially 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.
Idioms
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
before 900; Middle English song, sang, Old English; cognate with German Sang, Old Norse sǫngr, Gothic saggws
Related forms
songlike, adjective

Song

[sawng] /sɔŋ/
noun, Pinyin.
1.
Ailing
[ahy-ling] /ˈaɪˈlɪŋ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Ai-ling.
2.
Qingling
[ching-ling] /ˈtʃɪŋˈlɪŋ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Ching-ling.
3.
Meiling
[mey-ling] /ˈmeɪˈlɪŋ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Mei-ling.
4.
Ziwen
[zœ-wuhn] /ˈzœˈwʌn/ (Show IPA), Soong, Tse-ven.
5.
Sung.
Examples from the web for song
  • The song bo diddley was based on the lullaby hush little baby.
  • During its initial release the song spent several weeks atop the your hit parade charts.
  • Mentioned in the sonic youth song trilogy from the album daydream nation.
  • Into every song, almost as if he was incapable of holding back.
  • The song is the first true hybrid of rhythm and blues and gospel.
  • He wants to return, to hear the song the stars sing, on the shores of the great sea.
  • He often features a character singing along to a song from the soundtrack mr.
  • Bangs is mentioned again in the dillinger four song our science is tight.
  • The song offends the soldier and mother courage decides she does not want to complain.
  • He then carried this song around with him for eight years, before he could complete it.
British Dictionary definitions for song

song

/sɒŋ/
noun
1.
  1. a piece of music, usually employing a verbal text, composed for the voice, esp one intended for performance by a soloist
  2. the whole repertory of such pieces
  3. (as modifier): a song book
2.
poetical composition; poetry
3.
the characteristic tuneful call or sound made by certain birds or insects
4.
the act or process of singing: they raised their voices in song
5.
for a song, at a bargain price
6.
(Brit, informal) on song, performing at peak efficiency or ability
Derived Forms
songlike, adjective
Word Origin
Old English sang; related to Gothic saggws, Old High German sang; see sing

Song

/sʊŋ/
noun
1.
the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Sung

Soong

/sʊŋ/
noun
1.
an influential Chinese family, notably Soong Ch'ing-ling (1890–1981), who married Sun Yat-sen and became a vice-chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959); and Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), who married Chiang Kai-shek

Sung

/sʊŋ/
noun
1.
an imperial dynasty of China (960–1279 ad), notable for its art, literature, and philosophy
Word Origin and History for song
n.

Old English sang "voice, song, art of singing; metrical composition adapted for singing, psalm, poem," from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (cf. Old Norse söngr, Norwegian song, Swedish sång, Old Saxon, Danish, Old Frisian, Old High German, German sang, Middle Dutch sanc, Dutch zang, Gothic saggws), from PIE *songwh-o- "singing, song," from *sengwh- "to sing, make an incantation" (see sing (v.)).

Phrase for a song "for a trifle, for little or nothing" is from "All's Well" III.ii.9 (the identical image, por du son, is in Old French. With a song in (one's) heart "feeling joy" is first attested 1930 in Lorenz Hart's lyric. Song and dance as a form of vaudeville act is attested from 1872; figurative sense of "rigmarole" is from 1895.

Slang definitions & phrases for song

song

Related Terms

rap song, torch song


Idioms and Phrases with song

song

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song
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