swan song last hurrah | a final performance or effort (especially before retirement) |
song strain | the act of singing, with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates |
song sparrow Melospiza melodia | small songbird common in North America |
song thrush mavis throstle Turdus philomelos | common Old World thrush noted for its song |
cavalry horse | horse trained for battle |
cavalry sword saber sabre | a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back |
cover cover version cover song | a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else, they made a cover of a Beatles' song |
English saddle English cavalry saddle | a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn |
siren call siren song | the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous, he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness |
Song of Songs Song of Solomon Canticle of Canticles Canticles | an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later |
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children | an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
birdcall call birdsong song | the characteristic sound produced by a bird, a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age |
song and dance | theatrical performance combining singing and dancing |
theme song | a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie |
signature signature tune theme song | a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio tv program |
religious song | religious music for singing |
song vocal | a short musical composition with words, a successful musical must have at least three good songs |
drinking song | a song celebrating the joys of drinking, sung at drinking parties |
folk song folksong folk ballad | a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture |
love song love-song | a song about love or expressing love for another person |
scolion banquet song | a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet |
torch song | a popular song concerned with disappointment in love |
work song | a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work |
song | a distinctive or characteristic sound, the song of bullets was in the air, the song of the wind, the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead |
Sung Sung dynasty Song Song dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China fromto , noted for art and literature and philosophy |
cavalry | a highly mobile army unit |
horse cavalry | an army unit mounted on horseback |
mechanized cavalry | an armored unit of a modern army equipped with motor vehicles |
cavalry horse cavalry horse | troops trained to fight on horseback, horse led the attack |
song | a very small sum, he bought it for a song |
for a song for a bargain price at a low price | for a relatively small amount of money, we bought the house for a song |