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song / sông/ • n. a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung. ∎  singing or vocal music: the young airmen broke into song. ∎  a musical composition suggestive of a song. ∎  the musical phrases uttered by some birds, whales, and insects, typically forming a recognizable and repeated sequence and used chiefly for territorial defense or for attracting mates. ∎  a poem, esp. one in rhymed stanzas: The Song of Hiawatha. ∎ archaic poetry.PHRASES: for a song inf. very cheaply: the place was going for a song.on song Brit., inf. performing well: when he is on song, no one can stop him.a song and dance inf. a long explanation that is pointless or deliberately evasive: Don't give me a song and dance, Sandy. Yes or no? ∎ chiefly Brit. a fuss or commotion: she would be sure to make a song and dance about her aching feet.

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