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songs and dances

songs and dances is the plural of song and dance.

Meaning of song and dance

Noun

song and dance (countable and uncountable, plural songs and dances)

  1. A display of unnecessary excitement or activity.
  2. An excessively elaborate story or excuse used to justify something.
    • You could pick up the phone, call your vendors and give them a big song and dance about all the great things happening in your company.2011 December 2, Ariel Kaminer, “The Ethicist: Caveat Vendor”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Apr 2015
    Synonyms:
    palaver
  3. An excessively complex set of instructions.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see song, and, dance.

Questions about songs and dances

What is songs and dances the plural of?
Songs and dances is the plural of song and dance.

Words near songs and dances in the dictionary

  1. songololo
  2. songololos
  3. Songora
  4. songorine
  5. songs
  6. songs and dances
  7. Songshan
  8. songsheet
  9. songsheets
  10. songsmith
  11. songsmiths

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