ditty
noun
dit·ty
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plural ditties
Definition of ditty
: an especially simple and unaffected song
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Examples of ditty in a Sentence
Play us a little ditty.
sung a little ditty in a minor key
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Back at the crew meeting in the makeshift Georgia dining hall, another ditty is blaring over the speakers, this time the smash hit The Real Slim Shady. — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, "Behind the Scenes as SEC Refs Get a Unique Primer at Georgia Camp," 22 Aug. 2019 Remember that classic campfire ditty, The worms crawl in the worms crawl out/the worms play pinochle on your snout? — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," 11 Aug. 2019 West has now become famous for his entrepreneurial bent, branching out from hip-hop stardom to dabble in everything from sneakers and toddler ditties about poop to affordable housing. — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, "Kanye West’s Star Wars-themed dwellings under fire," 14 Aug. 2019 Warbled by that dashing crooner Orpheus, the ditty proves so soothing that Cerberus nods off. — Celia Wren, Washington Post, "Angst and comedy among the Olympians in ‘Pantheon’," 24 June 2019 The midtempo ditty about the frustrations about the start of the workweek, released in 1986, became their first top 10 hit, paving the way for a slew of others to come. — Washington Post, "Remembering when Prince wrote that song for you," 4 June 2019 In the Strand, in Georgian London, the big-haired prostitutes grind their hips and sing ditties about their trade. — The New York Review of Books, "Maya Jasanoff," 23 May 2019 While many of Bentley’s biggest career smashes have been the kind of anthems that get crowds fired up in concert, The Mountain is a bit heavier, more contemplative and — surprise — completely devoid of ditties. — Phyllis Stark, Billboard, "Dierks Bentley on His Colorado-Inspired Album 'The Mountain': 'I'm Trying to Dig a Layer Deeper'," 8 June 2018 Instead of hearing the original brand-new ditty coded for the classic consoles in 2016, the Jump Mini rotates through the opening songs from many of the included emulated games. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Hands-on with Nintendo’s weirdest, and maybe rarest, classic console yet," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ditty.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for ditty
ditty
noun
English Language Learners Definition of ditty
sometimes humorous
: a short and simple song
See the full definition for ditty in the English Language Learners Dictionary
ditty
noun
dit·ty
| \ ˈdi-tē
\
\
plural ditties
Kids Definition of ditty
: a short simple song
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