Roundelay

Word ROUNDELAY
Character 9
Hyphenation round e lay
Pronunciations /ˈɹaʊndɪˌleɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Roundelay"

What do we mean by roundelay?

A poem or song with a regularly recurring refrain. noun

Any song in which an idea, line, or refrain is continually repeated. noun

Same as rondeau noun

A dance in a circle; a round or roundel. noun

See rondeau, and rondel. noun

A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. noun

A dance in a circle. noun

Anything having a round form; a roundel. noun

A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals. noun

A dance in a circle. noun

Anything having a round form; a roundel. noun

A song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain noun

A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.

A dance in a circle.

Anything having a round form; a roundel.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Roundelay

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The word "roundelay" in example sentences

This predictable roundelay is repeated so many times that I feel as though I could just fill in the words and dance the steps for each side and be done with it. ❋ Rabbi David Wolpe (2011)

It's the usual roundelay of friction and fun, though not terribly sparkling. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

The magazine talks about hard work, but life in the country looks like an endless roundelay of making livestock look cute, cooking entrees that use four ingredients and serve eight, and taking gorgeous landscape photographs suitable for jigsaw puzzles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Watching the Jingle Ball, a roundelay of bubblegum pop acts sponsored by radio station Z-100 on Friday night at Madison Square Garden, and perhaps more significantly, the screaming packs of 13-year-old girls who made up the largest portion of the audience, a reporter realized, to the detriment of no one, how much his taste veers toward that of a tween ' s. ❋ Marshall Heyman (2010)

Rather, with a roundelay of Housewives, appearances by the Millionaire Matchmaker, the occasional celebrity guest (slash friend of Mr. Cohen) like Jerry Seinfeld or Sarah Jessica Parker, and catch phrases like "Mazel of the Week," "Watch What Happens" is a fresh and funny half-hour for Bravo addicts around the nation, one of whom, of course, is this reporter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A conference panel never moves beyond a roundelay of blurb-speak. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was one unending roundelay of sex and drugs and light vocal harmonizing with the Mamas and the Papas. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Valet, his latest product, is yet another inconsequential roundelay of playacting and ostensibly comic misunderstandings - there's no cross-dressing or hiding in wardrobes, but it's essentially that kind of movie. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Put another way, a physical assault on President Bush failed to knock the taint meme out of the cable news roundelay of hackery. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm sure the entire roundelay will repeat itself soon enough. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That would be decidedly devilish of me, but this is better than that whole roundelay. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And, humming his rustic roundelay, the yeoman went on his road, the sound of his rough voice gradually dying away as the distance betwixt them increased: ❋ Unknown (2008)

But instead, it's a week-long roundelay of mea culpas from our very serious corporate media. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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