ditty

«ditty» in Mova's school dictionary: A short, simple song or poem, often cheerful or funny — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a ditty, ditties)

meaning for a pupil

A short, simple song or poem, often cheerful or funny. tree →

sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows, Ratty makes up little songs, like «Ducks' Ditty» («All along the backwater, / Through the rushes tall, / Ducks are a-dabbling, / Up tails all!»). Toad sings boastful ditties about himself. In music lessons a ditty is an easy tune to learn.

examples

• Ratty sang his ducks' ditty. tree →
• She hummed a little ditty while she cooked. tree →
• The ducks did not like Ratty's ditty very much. tree →
• We learned a ditty about the days of the week. tree →
• Toad sang a conceited ditty about how clever he was. tree →
• The advert has a catchy ditty. tree →

note

Plural ditties (y — ies). Slightly old-fashioned, friendly word.

In the corpora

• So he sits on the bank and makes up a little song about them, «Ducks' Ditty».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ditty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.