a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn's “Songs without Words.”
poetical composition; poetry.
the art or act of singing; vocal music.
something that is sung.
an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.
Idioms for song
for a song, at a very low price; as a bargain: We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.
Origin of song
before 900; Middle English song, sang,Old English; cognate with German Sang,Old Norse sǫngr,Gothic saggws
OTHER WORDS FROM song
songlike,adjective
Words nearby song
Sonderkommando, Sondheim, Sondra, sone, son et lumière, song, song and dance, songbird, songbook, song cycle, songfest
Definition for song (2 of 2)
Song
[ sawng ]
/ sɔŋ /
nounPinyin.
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.Also (Wade-Giles) Sung[soong] /sʊŋ/ .
Nelson told the Sun Sentinel he will continue to use the Twisted Sister song, despite Snider’s criticism.
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider does not approve of anti-maskers using ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’|radmarya|September 17, 2020|Fortune
The ’90s cover band behind her struck up a song and a ribbon was cut with five pairs of oversize scissors.
The Big Corporate Rescue and the America That’s Too Small to Save|by Lydia DePillis, Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel|September 12, 2020|ProPublica
For example, someone could ask their Internet-connected set-top box to play a song from their web-connected speaker.
Amazon’s A.I. voice project gets help from Facebook, Dolby, and Garmin|jonathanvanian2015|September 9, 2020|Fortune
The most popular songs appear to be getting a little less popular.
Is Spotify killing the top 40?|Dan Kopf|September 5, 2020|Quartz
All they want to do is play guitar, pass a history test, write a song, win a board game, make sure everyone is okay, and still be friends at the end of their lives.
The essential kindness of Bill and Ted|Alissa Wilkinson|August 28, 2020|Vox
I still do find it a tremendously useful device to invent a character and have the character sing the song.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So we picked out the song (“Rhiannon,” click here for video), and Deer Tick learned it.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So this is Christmas, as the song goes, and what have we done?
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And good luck getting the song (and music video) to “Chandelier” out of your head.
The 10 Best Albums of 2014: Taylor Swift, Sia, Run the Jewels, and More|Marlow Stern|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And, not entirely coincidentally, he had to do the song on Johnny Carson.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’|Peter Guralnick|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The song and the dance are broken off, never to be resumed, when the staid footfall of the lady is heard approaching.
Milton|Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
The song, of which the words were his own, fitted neatly to a popular tune of the moment.
Servants of the Guns|Jeffery E. Jeffery
Mr. Hutchinson, they said, that song is a passport to you anywhere in the South.
Immortal Songs of Camp and Field|Louis Albert Banks
It was the song of Silas and Paul in prison, and they cannot sleep.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love|Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
And the troop resumed its march to the sound of the Vagres' song.
The Poniard's Hilt|Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for song (1 of 2)
song
/ (sɒŋ) /
noun
a piece of music, usually employing a verbal text, composed for the voice, esp one intended for performance by a soloist
the whole repertory of such pieces
(as modifier)a song book
poetical composition; poetry
the characteristic tuneful call or sound made by certain birds or insects
the act or process of singingthey raised their voices in song
for a songat a bargain price
on songBritishinformalperforming at peak efficiency or ability
Derived forms of song
songlike, adjective
Word Origin for song
Old English sang; related to Gothic saggws, Old High German sang; see sing
British Dictionary definitions for song (2 of 2)
Song
/ (sʊŋ) /
noun
the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Sung