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Word Meanings - SINGSONG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Bad singing or poetry. 2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.

Related words: (words related to SINGSONG)

  • SINGLE-BREASTED
    Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
  • EXECUTOR
    1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak. 2. An executioner. Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak. authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
  • SINGLY
    1. Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good. 2. Only; by one's self; alone. Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man. Shak. 3. Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack
  • SING-SING
    The kob.
  • EXECUTORIAL
    Of or pertaining to an executive.
  • SINGULAR
    Existing by itself; single; individual. The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. I. Watts. (more info) 1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. Bacon. And
  • DRAWLINK
    See
  • SINGLE-ACTING
    Having simplicity of action; especially , acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
  • SINGSTER
    A songstress. Wyclif.
  • SINGLE-HANDED
    Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
  • EXECUTIVE
    Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer,
  • EXECUTIONER
    1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon. 2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
  • SINGLE-HEARTED
    Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. -- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.
  • DRAWL
    To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.
  • SINGHALESE
    See CINGALESE
  • SINGINGLY
    With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone. G. North .
  • SINGULT
    A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough. Spenser. W. Browne.
  • MONOTONOUS
    Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.
  • SINGLE-MINDED
    Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single- hearted.
  • SINGLENESS
    1. The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity. 2. Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity;
  • MINNESINGER
    A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their
  • LOSINGLY
    In a manner to incur loss.
  • DECREASING
    Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series , a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
  • PHASING CURRENT
    The momentary current between two alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly in phase or period.
  • COEXECUTOR
    A joint executor.
  • CHASING
    The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
  • NEESING
    Sneezing. "By his neesings a light doth shine." Job xli.
  • MALEXECUTION
    Bad execution. D. Webster.
  • BLESSING
    A gift. Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship. (more info) 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
  • DEBASINGLY
    In a manner to debase.
  • DISGUISING
    A masque or masquerade.
  • DESPISINGLY
    Contemptuously.
  • SURPASSING
    Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
  • GASSING
    The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing. 2. Boasting; insincere or empty talk.
  • IMPOSINGNESS
    The quality of being imposing.

 

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