la la
Speech parts
1. la la - Noun
2. la la - Adjective
3. la la - Verb
Meaning
la la (uncountable)
(informal, Singapore, Malaysia) Venus clams (as food)
la-la (not comparable)
Of indifferent quality; so-so. [19th century]
(intransitive) To sing or recite the syllable la repeatedly. [Since the 20th century]
(transitive) To sing (a song) with la replacing the song lyrics. [Since the 20th century]
la-la (plural la-las)
(slang, US) Something unusually good; (occasionally) something unusually bad. [Late 19th century]
(slang) A woman's genitals, especially the vagina; a sexually permissive woman. [Since the 1970s]
la-la (uncountable)
(Singapore, Malaysia) Alternative form of la la (“clams”)
Alternative names
la-la
Synonyms
Examples
The upper classes really shouldn't open their mouths on television. Whatever it is they're saying, all your brain actually hears is "Tra la la, I live in a bubble, tra la la, murder a fox, tra la la, Conde Nast Traveller, tra la la, Kensington High Street, tra la la."
Ooh, look at me, I'm Dave, I'm writing a book! With all my thoughts in it. La la la!
Ooo la la la la I did you wrong; my heart went out to play. But in the game I lost you. What a price to pay, hey I'm crying. Ooo baby baby. Ooo baby baby.
I'm an east coaster, you know, I'm brought up in Toronto where it's very much, like, kind of a miniature New York in that there's a subway and you're surrounded by people a lot and, you know, you bump into people and you have interactions and you communicate and la la la.
Accept the truth: 'La La Land' is going to win.
Gretel & Hansel is written by Rob Hayes (Netflix’s Chewing Gum), produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Upgrade) and Fred Berger (La La Land, Destroyer) on behalf of Automatik and executive produced by Sandra Yee Ling and Macdara Kelleher."