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noun
- 1. a short, simple song: "a lovely little music-hall ditty"
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a short, simple song. (Definition of ditty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ditty. ditty. Folk-song had died out in country villages and the music hall 'ditty' was to be found in its place.
: an especially simple and unaffected song. Synonyms. ballad. jingle. lay. lyric. song. vocal. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of ditty in a Sentence. Play us a little ditty. sung a little ditty in a minor key. Recent Examples on the Web. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.
A ditty is a little song or a simple tune. When you're babysitting, you might sing a soft ditty to help a child fall asleep. A ditty might be a simple nursery rhyme in song form, or even the theme song to your favorite TV show. Ditties are easy to learn, and fairly short and effortless to sing.
a short, simple song. (Definition of ditty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ditty. ditty. Sure, 2016 had plenty of incredible songs delivered by some of music's biggest names as well as a handful of brilliant ditties from newcomers.
noun. 1. a poem intended to be sung. 2. a short, simple song. intransitive verb. 3. obsolete. to sing. transitive verb.
Definition of ditty noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ditty definition: a poem intended to be sung.. See examples of DITTY used in a sentence.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun ditty, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. ditty has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
dit·ty. (dĭt′ē) n. pl. dit·ties. A simple song. [Middle English dite, a literary composition, from Old French dite, from Latin dictātum, thing dictated, from neuter past participle of dictāre, to dictate, frequentative of dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
ditty in American English. (ˈdɪti) (noun plural -ties, verb -tied, -tying) noun. 1. a poem intended to be sung. 2. a short, simple song. intransitive verb. 3. obsolete.
