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US
/ˈdɪti/
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[ UK /dˈɪti/ ]
[ UK /dˈɪti/ ]
NOUN
- a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)
How To Use ditty In A Sentence
- Haiku a Japanese classic ditty by the 17 components of a divergence in pronunciation.
- And let me the cannikin clink," and ending, "Why then let a soldier drink," Cassio commends the excellence of the ditty. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays
- I wrote a little ditty on the latest election absurdities: the Obama-Ayers brouhaha vs. the Palin-Alaskan "secessionist" party flap. Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2008 – October – 19
- Here is the entirely unexpurgated version of the ditty.
- He'd even led me up a flight of stairs, singing a little ditty, seemingly spry and agile and as dapper as any day in his six decades as an entertainer.
- By simply recording various different tracks and looping them over each other, you can make yourself a catchy little ditty. The Sun
- She got a particularly strong ovation, especially from female patrons, when she rendered a ditty about making delinquent fathers support their children.
- As the old ditty goes, it is only mad dogs and Englishmen who go out in the midday sun.
- The French, caught unawares because they think the appalling Phil Coulter ditty is an intro to an ad for some sort of cross border version of a bawneen sweater, won't even start hissing, sneering or booing. Irish Blogs
- I think it's fair to say that the cultural landscape of the year ahead is defined by whichever ditty the nation awards this sentimental plaudit.