song (noun)

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• song and dance — noun 1. theatrical performance combining singing and dancing • Hypernyms: ↑performance, ↑public presentation 2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse • Syn: ↑fairytale, ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• song — noun 1 piece of music with words ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, good, great ▪ catchy (informal), memorable ▪ classic, famous …   Collocations dictionary

• song — ► NOUN 1) a poem or other set of words set to music. 2) singing or vocal music. 3) the musical phrases uttered by some birds, whales, and insects. 4) a poem, especially one in rhymed stanzas. ● for a song Cf. ↑for a song …   English terms dictionary

• song|book — «SNG BUK, SONG », noun. 1. a book containing a collection of songs: »Songbooks were passed around, and the hundred or so men on hand began singing to the accompaniment of a piano (New Yorker). 2. = hymnbook. (Cf. ↑hymnbook) 3. the breviary used… …   Useful english dictionary

• song|ster — «SNG stuhr, SONG », noun. 1. = singer. (Cf. ↑singer) 2. a writer of songs or poems. 3. = songbird. (Cf. ↑songbird) ╂[Old English sangestre < sang song + estre ster] …   Useful english dictionary

• song|bird — «SNG BURD, SONG », noun. 1. a bird that sings. 2. a woman singer …   Useful english dictionary

• song|fest — «SNG fehst, SONG », noun. U.S. an informal gathering or concert at which folk songs, popular songs, or the like, are sung, often with members of the audience joining the performers …   Useful english dictionary

• song|man — «SNG muhn, SONG », noun, plural men. a singer, especially a singer of songs …   Useful english dictionary

• song|smith — «SNG smihth, SONG », noun. a composer of songs: »The book is realistic in appraising the professional songsmith versus the one shot wonders (Saturday Review) …   Useful english dictionary

• song|stress — «SNG strihs, SONG », noun. 1. a woman singer. 2. a woman writer of songs or poems; poetess. 3. a female songbird …   Useful english dictionary

• song|writ|er — «SNG RY tuhr, SONG », noun. a composer of popular songs or tunes …   Useful english dictionary