What is the meaning of singsong?

noun

  • A regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation.
  • Informal group singing of popular songs.

verb

  • Speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong.
  • Move as if accompanied by a singsong.
    • usage: "The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain"

adjective

  • Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
    • usage: "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking"
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