Word info Synonyms

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”)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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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." Charlie Brooker

Ooh, look at me, I'm Dave, I'm writing a book! With all my thoughts in it. La la la! Dave Eggers

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. Smokey Robinson

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. Paulo Costanzo

Accept the truth: 'La La Land' is going to win. Source: Internet

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." Source: Internet

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