Descant - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdeskænt|
Brit.
|ˈdeskænt|
noun
- a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
verb
- sing in descant
- sing by changing register; sing by yodeling (syn: warble, yodel)
- talk at great length about something of one's interest
- sing by changing register; sing by yodeling (syn: warble, yodel)
- talk at great length about something of one's interest
Extra examples
...an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare...
...the soprano descanted above the melody line...
Would the speaker care to descant (up)on the subject raised by the questioner?
He used to descant critically on the dishes which had been at table.
Word forms
noun
singular: descant
plural: descants
singular: descant
plural: descants
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