Ditty
['dɪtɪ] or ['dɪti]
Definition
(noun.) a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung).
Typed by Andy--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.
(v. t.) A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung.
(v. i.) To sing; to warble a little tune.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Song, lay.
Edited by Lilian
Definition
n. a song: a little poem to be sung.
Editor: Stephen
Examples
- The Jester next struck into another carol, a sort of comic ditty, to which the Knight, catching up the tune, replied in the like manner. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The singing was interrupted by laughing and talking; never was merry ditty so sadly timed, never laughter more akin to tears. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When he came in he was introduced; but being rather deaf, I didn't catch his name, but sat down and started the curl ditty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was surprised into crooning this ditty as I pushed her over the floor. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Among these ditties was one, the last of the concert, and to the following effect: Ah! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And yet, said he, I think my Saxon countrymen had herded long enough with the Normans, to fall into the tone of their melancholy ditties. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I presume such ditties are written for musically-inclined Girton girls. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The old spinster used to wake up when these ditties ceased, and ask for more. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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