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- DictionarySong/sôNG/
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- 1. a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung. Similar airstraindittymelodytunepopular songpop songnumbertrackliterary:lay
- ▪ singing or vocal music: "the young airmen broke into song"
- ▪ a musical composition suggestive of a song.
- ▪ the musical phrases uttered by some birds, whales, and insects, typically forming a recognizable and repeated sequence and used chiefly for territorial defense or for attracting mates. Similar call(s)callingchirp(s)chirpingcheep(s)cheepingpeep(s)peepingchirrup(s)chirrupingwarble(s)warblingtrill(s)trillingtwittertwitteringwhistlingpipingbirdsong
- ▪ a poem, especially one in rhymed stanzas: "The Song of Hiawatha"
- ▪ poetry.
Word Origin Old Englishsang, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zang and German Sang, also to sing.
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