as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
sung a little ditty in a minor key
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Recent Examples of ditty
Nish Kumar and Mark Watson deliver a surprisingly catchy little ditty, but the real crowning moment comes when Bob Mortimer, Aisling Bea, and Sally Phillips take the stage.
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Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
She’s best known for her enthusiastic and approachable ditties on key subjects, like potty training.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Word is this effective horror ditty set in a haunted country home features star turns from its director, canine star and others in the cast.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
The character, along with her Daddy, Mommy and Pinkfong, has been part of a stage show all summer, which has marked the 10th anniversary of BS and his catchy-for-preschoolers ditty.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
She’s best known for her enthusiastic and approachable ditties on key subjects, like potty training.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Word is this effective horror ditty set in a haunted country home features star turns from its director, canine star and others in the cast.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2025
The character, along with her Daddy, Mommy and Pinkfong, has been part of a stage show all summer, which has marked the 10th anniversary of BS and his catchy-for-preschoolers ditty.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ditty
Noun
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Within hours of El Mencho’s death there were already ballads, known as narcocorridos, written about his killing.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Within hours of El Mencho's death there were already ballads, known as narcocorridos, written about his killing.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The creatives focused on being true to the concepts and emotion of the songs rather than direct translations of the lyrics.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Fans got to see it for themselves on March 2 when Allen performed the song at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in Scotland.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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Privacy and authenticity are valuable assets for any artist to maintain, but Styles has never been a master of crafting a specific image, let alone a lyric that possesses a kind of crystal-clear metaphor or emotion.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Counting 335 days from that release lands somewhere in mid-February 2025, which could suggest when the lyrics were written or set.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
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Not the Seattle Seahawks’ offensive coordination (or the New England Patriots’ lack thereof), mind you, but all those annoyingly catchy commercial jingles.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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His famous jingle was released a year later, in 1959.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Instead, a narrator gives a somewhat notion of what’s what in the language of the audience, as is Akhnaten’s great aria, a hymn to Aten (god of the sun).—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The pair are clearly singing off the same hymn sheet, whereas by the end of the Ashes, McCullum and Test captain Ben Stokes seemed to be at odds over how England should play.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The opening ceremony will also come amid the boycott of some nations showing solidarity with Ukraine over the return to the Russian flag and anthem.—
Tales Azzoni,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The opening ceremony will also come amid the boycott of some nations showing solidarity with Ukraine over the return to the Russian flag and anthem.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Ditty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ditty. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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