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singsonging

singsonging is the present participle and gerund of singsong.

Meaning of singsong

Verb

singsong (third-person singular simple present singsongs, present participle singsonging, simple past and past participle singsonged)

  1. (intransitive) To utter in a singsong voice.
    • The birdlike female vendors speak only if spoken to, except when softly singsonging in a dialect that sounds like Navajo.1987 May, Texas Monthly, volume 15, number 5, page 184
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To compose poor poetry.
    • [Y]ou sit / Sing-songing here; but, if I'm any judge, / By God, you are as poor a poet, Wyatt, / As a good soldier.1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act II, scene i, pages 65–66

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Questions about singsonging

What is singsonging the present participle and gerund of?
Singsonging is the present participle and gerund of singsong.

Words near singsonging in the dictionary

  1. sings up
  2. Singson
  3. singsong
  4. singsong girl
  5. singsonged
  6. singsonging
  7. singsongingly
  8. singsongs
  9. singsongy
  10. Singsons
  11. singspiel

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