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3 N‑COUNT A bird's song is the pleasant, musical sounds that it makes. □  It's been a long time since I heard a blackbird's song in the evening.

4 → see also birdsong , song and dance , songbird , swan song

5 PHRASE If someone bursts into song or breaks into song , they start singing. □  I feel as if I should break into song. COLLOCATIONS song NOUN 1

noun + song : hit, love, pop, protest

adjective + song : catchy, favourite; classic, popular, traditional

verb + song : play, perform, sing; record, release, write

so ng and da nce

1 N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] A song and dance act is a performance in which a person or group of people sing and dance.

2 PHRASE If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. [BRIT , INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  He used his money to help others–but he never made a song and dance about it.

song|bird /sɒ ŋbɜː ^r d, [AM ] sɔː ŋ-/ (songbirds ) also song bird N‑COUNT A songbird is a bird that produces musical sounds which are like singing. There are many different kinds of songbird.

so ng sheet (song sheets ) also songsheet N‑COUNT A song sheet is a piece of paper with the words to one or more songs printed on it. Song sheets are given to groups of people at occasions when they are expected to sing together.

song|ster /sɒ ŋstə ^r , [AM ] sɔː ŋ-/ (songsters ) N‑COUNT Journalists sometimes refer to a popular singer, especially a male singer, as a songster .

song|stress /sɒ ŋstrəs, [AM ] sɔː ŋ-/ (songstresses ) N‑COUNT Journalists sometimes refer to a female popular singer as a songstress .

song|writer /sɒ ŋra I tə ^r , [AM ] sɔː ŋ-/ (songwriters )

1 N‑COUNT A songwriter is someone who writes the words or the music, or both, for popular songs. □  …one of rock'n'roll's greatest songwriters.

2 → see also singer-songwriter

son|ic /sɒ n I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] Sonic is used to describe things related to sound. [TECHNICAL ] □  He activated the door with the miniature sonic transmitter.

so n-in-law (sons-in-law ) N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] Someone's son-in-law is the husband of one of their children.

son|net /sɒ n I t/ (sonnets ) N‑COUNT A sonnet is a poem that has 14 lines. Each line has 10 syllables, and the poem has a fixed pattern of rhymes.

son|ny /sʌ ni/ N‑COUNT Some people address a boy or young man as sonny . [INFORMAL ] □  Well, sonny, I'll give you a bit of advice.

so n of a bi tch (sons of bitches ) also son-of-a-bitch N‑COUNT If someone is very angry with another person, or if they want to insult them, they sometimes call them a son of a bitch . [INFORMAL , OFFENSIVE , DISAPPROVAL ]

so|nor|ity /sənɒ r I ti, [AM ] -nɔː r-/ (sonorities ) N‑UNCOUNT The sonority of a sound is its deep, rich quality. [FORMAL ] □  The lower strings contribute a splendid richness of sonority.

so|no|rous /sɒ nərəs, [AM ] sənɔː rəs/ ADJ A sonorous sound is deep and rich. [LITERARY ] □  'Doctor McKee?' the man called in an even, sonorous voice.

soon ◆◆◆ /suː n/ (sooner , soonest )

1 ADV [ADV with v] If something is going to happen soon , it will happen after a short time. If something happened soon after a particular time or event, it happened a short time after it. □  You'll be hearing from us very soon. □  This chance has come sooner than I expected. □  The plane was returning to the airport soon after takeoff when it burst into flames. □  Soon afterwards he left his job.

2 PHRASE If you say that something happens as soon as something else happens, you mean that it happens immediately after the other thing. □  As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go. □  You'll never guess what happened as soon as I left my room.