— songlike , adj.
/sawng, song/ , n.
1. a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
2. a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words."
3. poetical composition; poetry.
4. the art or act of singing; vocal music.
5. something that is sung.
6. an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.
7. for a song , at a very low price; as a bargain: We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.
[ bef. 900; ME song, sang, OE; c. G Sang, ON songr, Goth saggws ]