Ditty
noun
A short and simple song or poem.
She sang a catchy ditty that got stuck in my head.
Often appears as...
- catchy ditty
- sings a ditty
noun
A short and simple song or poem.
She sang a catchy ditty that got stuck in my head.
Often appears as...
- catchy ditty
- sings a ditty
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Often informal and used in casual settings, not typically found in formal writing.
At the campfire, he played his guitar and sang a little ditty.
Pro Tip 2/3Simple Melody
'Ditty' usually implies a simple and easy-to-remember melody which may be catchy.
The children learnt the ditty in minutes.
Pro Tip 3/3Humorous Tone
Ditties can often have humorous or light-hearted content, rather than serious themes.
The playful ditty made everyone laugh.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Often informal and used in casual settings, not typically found in formal writing.
At the campfire, he played his guitar and sang a little ditty.
Pro Tip 2/3Simple Melody
'Ditty' usually implies a simple and easy-to-remember melody which may be catchy.
The children learnt the ditty in minutes.
Pro Tip 3/3Humorous Tone
Ditties can often have humorous or light-hearted content, rather than serious themes.
The playful ditty made everyone laugh.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Use
Often informal and used in casual settings, not typically found in formal writing.
At the campfire, he played his guitar and sang a little ditty.
Pro Tip 2/3Simple Melody
'Ditty' usually implies a simple and easy-to-remember melody which may be catchy.
The children learnt the ditty in minutes.
Pro Tip 3/3Humorous Tone
Ditties can often have humorous or light-hearted content, rather than serious themes.
The playful ditty made everyone laugh.
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Video examples
Ge Wang: The DIY...
All right. So let me play a little ditty for you, a little Bach. And here, you'll hear a little accompaniment with the melody. The accompaniment actually follows the melody,
Video examples
Ge Wang: The DIY...
All right. So let me play a little ditty for you, a little Bach. And here, you'll hear a little accompaniment with the melody. The accompaniment actually follows the melody,
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Quote examples
Jason Aldean
American Musician
We call them impact songs, and people buy impact songs. But you just never know what those songs are going to be. One of those songs that really went through the roof for us was 'Big Green Tractor,' which I thought was kind of a fun little ditty song that I never in a million years thought would be as big as it was. But it was.
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George Kaiser
American Businessman
Maybe the perceived fact that smart, rich parents tended to have smart, rich kids was largely due to the fact that they also tended to have stay-at-home moms or nannies who read to their kids, held them, put mobiles over their cribs, playing those annoying ditties, and sent them off for SAT training at six months.
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Leslie Bibb
American Actress
Listen, if you said to me, 'Adam Shankman is going to direct you in a musical and you have six months to learn how to tap,' I'd practice till I was blue in the face. I would do it because I'm so headstrong and think I can do anything. But just to show up and sing a little ditty, no.
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Katy Perry
American Musician
I'd go to the farmers' market in Santa Barbara, and I'd put out my guitar case, and I'd test out these little ditty songs that I would write, and I would get a couple of avocados, a bag of pistachios, and, like, fifteen bucks. That was a lot of money for me.
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Mario Batali
American Chef
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans.
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Rob McClure
American Actor
I never dreamed that the little ditties I wrote about annoying customers or bagel recipes would turn into a full-length musical comedy. But a very wise person told me to 'write what you know'. So I did.
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Emily Robison
American Musician
It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as writing hit songs that you pitch to the national artist, I just don't write that way.
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Richard Morris
English Clergyman
The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days.
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Tobias Jesso, Jr.
Canadian Musician
I often find myself writing little ditties I can imagine becoming rap songs. Not the actual rapping part, just the chorus.
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Carlene Carter
American Musician
I don't really have any ditties left in me anymore.
Quote examples
Jason Aldean
American Musician
We call them impact songs, and people buy impact songs. But you just never know what those songs are going to be. One of those songs that really went through the roof for us was 'Big Green Tractor,' which I thought was kind of a fun little ditty song that I never in a million years thought would be as big as it was. But it was.
Quote examples
George Kaiser
American Businessman
Maybe the perceived fact that smart, rich parents tended to have smart, rich kids was largely due to the fact that they also tended to have stay-at-home moms or nannies who read to their kids, held them, put mobiles over their cribs, playing those annoying ditties, and sent them off for SAT training at six months.
Quote examples
Leslie Bibb
American Actress
Listen, if you said to me, 'Adam Shankman is going to direct you in a musical and you have six months to learn how to tap,' I'd practice till I was blue in the face. I would do it because I'm so headstrong and think I can do anything. But just to show up and sing a little ditty, no.
Quote examples
Katy Perry
American Musician
I'd go to the farmers' market in Santa Barbara, and I'd put out my guitar case, and I'd test out these little ditty songs that I would write, and I would get a couple of avocados, a bag of pistachios, and, like, fifteen bucks. That was a lot of money for me.
Quote examples
Mario Batali
American Chef
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans.
Quote examples
Rob McClure
American Actor
I never dreamed that the little ditties I wrote about annoying customers or bagel recipes would turn into a full-length musical comedy. But a very wise person told me to 'write what you know'. So I did.
Quote examples
Emily Robison
American Musician
It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as writing hit songs that you pitch to the national artist, I just don't write that way.
Quote examples
Richard Morris
English Clergyman
The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days.
Quote examples
Tobias Jesso, Jr.
Canadian Musician
I often find myself writing little ditties I can imagine becoming rap songs. Not the actual rapping part, just the chorus.
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Carlene Carter
American Musician
I don't really have any ditties left in me anymore.
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