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- adjective informal
Sing-song .
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Examples
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Meanwhile, Andy, sing-songy vocalist-wannabe that he is, decides to start a band after getting wind of his college pal's successful music career. —
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Guess they figured that going with Doug Mclure, Jr. was a smarter bet than foisting the sing-songy creepazoid Bobby “Mr. Patel” Jindal on an unsuspecting public. ronbailey says:
Matthew Yglesias » Bob McDonnell To Attempt First Non-Horrible SOTU Response in American History 2010
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But as silly as his lyrics were on the surface, Sandler's sing-songy outing of pop culture icons with Jewish blood was sort of revelatory to his fellow Chosen People.
Jonathan Miller: How Adam Sandler's 'Chanukah Song' Helped Save The Jews Jonathan 2011
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The Catholic hippies might even hum the sing-songy "Sons of God, hear his holy word..."
Sister Mary Ann Walsh: Never Has So Much Damage Been Done By So Few Sister Mary Ann Walsh 2011
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I find her rapid shifts in tone and volume baffling—shrill and sing-songy when she speaks to women, and then throaty and husky when she speaks to men.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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But as silly as his lyrics were on the surface, Sandler's sing-songy outing of pop culture icons with Jewish blood was sort of revelatory to his fellow Chosen People.
Jonathan Miller: How Adam Sandler's 'Chanukah Song' Helped Save The Jews Jonathan 2011
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Ryan leads you playfully to the end the diving board with rhyming words and paired sounds, delicious nouns and rich words, sing-songy cadence and consonance; you don't realize she's tied a block of cement to your foot til you're already over the edge.
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Anderson plays Miss Havisham in a childlike, sing-songy voice.
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Of course the reason was the presence of sung propers an the absence of hymns in critical places of the Mass: entrance, offertory and communion, and also the absence of a sing-songy Psalm and its replacement with plainsong.
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I find her rapid shifts in tone and volume baffling—shrill and sing-songy when she speaks to women, and then throaty and husky when she speaks to men.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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