song
♦♦ song /s'ɒŋ, AM s'ɔːŋ/ (songs)
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A song is words sung to a tune.
...a voice singing a Spanish song.
...a love song.
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Song is the art of singing.
...dance, music, mime and song.
...the history of American popular song.
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A bird's song is the pleasant, musical sounds that it makes.
It's been a long time since I heard a blackbird's song in the evening.
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see also birdsong, song and dance, swan song, swan song
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone bursts into song or breaks into song, they start singing.
I feel as if I should break into song.folk song (folk songs)
also folksong
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A folk song is a traditional song that is typical of a particular community or nation.song and dance
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A song and dance act is a performance in which a person or group of people sing and dance.
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If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He used his money to help others-but he never made a song and dance about it.
= fusssong sheet (song sheets)
also songsheet
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A song sheet is a piece of paper with the words to one or more songs printed on it. Song sheets are given to groups of people at occasions when they are expected to sing together.
to sing from the same song sheet: see singswan song
also swan-song
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Someone's swan song is the last time that they do something for which they are famous, for example the last time that an actor gives a performance in the theatre.
I competed in the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, which was my swan song.torch song (torch songs)
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A torch song is a sentimental popular song about love, usually sung by a woman.
1 [N-COUNT]
A song is words sung to a tune.
...a voice singing a Spanish song.
...a love song.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Song is the art of singing.
...dance, music, mime and song.
...the history of American popular song.
3 [N-COUNT]
A bird's song is the pleasant, musical sounds that it makes.
It's been a long time since I heard a blackbird's song in the evening.
4
see also birdsong, song and dance, swan song, swan song
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone bursts into song or breaks into song, they start singing.
I feel as if I should break into song.folk song (folk songs)
also folksong
[N-COUNT]
A folk song is a traditional song that is typical of a particular community or nation.song and dance
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu N n
A song and dance act is a performance in which a person or group of people sing and dance.
2 [PHRASE]
If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He used his money to help others-but he never made a song and dance about it.
= fusssong sheet (song sheets)
also songsheet
[N-COUNT]
A song sheet is a piece of paper with the words to one or more songs printed on it. Song sheets are given to groups of people at occasions when they are expected to sing together.
to sing from the same song sheet: see singswan song
also swan-song
[N-SING]
Someone's swan song is the last time that they do something for which they are famous, for example the last time that an actor gives a performance in the theatre.
I competed in the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, which was my swan song.torch song (torch songs)
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A torch song is a sentimental popular song about love, usually sung by a woman.