Definitions for ditties

ditties dit·ty

Spelling: [dit-ee]
IPA: /ˈdɪt i/

Ditties is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in ditties (deiistt).

Definitions for ditties

noun

  1. a poem intended to be sung.
  2. a short, simple song.

verb (used with object)

  1. Obsolete. to set to or celebrate in music.

verb (used without object)

  1. Obsolete. to sing.

Origin of ditties

1250-1300; Middle English dite Anglo-French, Old French dit(i)e poem, noun use of past participle of ditier to compose Latin dictāre; see dictate

Examples for ditties

What business had Jack Turner to be singing that ditty under his window?

And thereupon he began a ditty he had composed during the war.

“Miss Atomic Bomb,” a five-minute ditty that swells into a soaring rock anthem, is an early standout.

"I hope you will never salute my ears with your American ditty," said Lady Keith.

A high school vibe overtook the hall: it was a pep rally, complete with its own music video—“Kahana was right,” laments the ditty.

When out of the castle himself he perceived, His voice in a ditty again he upheaved.

That is not in the tone of the ditty sung by the Tripe Skewer.

This to his own horse and off he would go, humming some ditty to the lazy hobble of his nag.

Not unless you are Lancashire born and bred, for it is a complete Lancashire ditty.

You and a million others recite that ditty, or variations of it every day of the week.

Word Value for ditties
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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