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lullaby

[ luhl-uh-bahy ]

noun

plural lullabies.
  1. a song used to lull a child to sleep; cradlesong.
  2. any lulling song.


verb (used with object)

lullabied, lullabying.
  1. to lull with or as with a lullaby.

lullaby

/ ˈʌəˌɪ /

noun

  1. a quiet song to lull a child to sleep
  2. the music for such a song
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to quiet or soothe with or as if with a lullaby
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lullaby1

1550–60; equivalent to lulla, lulla ( y ), interjection used in cradlesongs ( late Middle English lullai, lulli ) + -by, as in bye-bye
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lullaby1

C16: perhaps a blend of lull + goodbye
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Example Sentences

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I also like to listen to lullaby music, which makes me sound like a fetus, but it helps me get over my insomniac tendencies.

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Soon to enchant the audience with her honeyed vocals is Judeline, the Spanish Venezuelan singer known for her heavenly electronic pop lullabies.

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Not long afterwards she was looking through an old briefcase when she came across an ageing, brown reel-to-reel tape-recording of her lullaby.

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They’ve become a soothing lullaby for policymakers, as if labeling our crises is enough to gloss over the harsh reality of what those words actually mean.

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Another, the "Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors," included the hauntingly mournful "Conventry Carol," a mother's lullaby to her doomed child.

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