SONG

n. 1 tune, air, melody, ditty, number Together, they wrote some of the most popular songs of this century 2 for a song. cheaply, inexpensively, at a bargain price That old book you wanted went for a song at the auction 3 (old) song and dance. a fuss, to-do, commotion, bother, ado, Colloq flap, performance, Brit kerfuffle I cannot see why they made such a song and dance of telling us they couldn't come b evasion, tale, prevarication, (long) story, (long) explanation To excuse his absence he gave me the old song and dance about his grandmother being ill