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dittying

dittying is the present participle and gerund of ditty.

Meaning of ditty

Verb

ditty (third-person singular simple present ditties, present participle dittying, simple past and past participle dittied)

  1. (archaic, intransitive, obsolete) To sing; to warble a little tune.
    • Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.[1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis...

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Questions about dittying

What is dittying the present participle and gerund of?
Dittying is the present participle and gerund of ditty.

Words near dittying in the dictionary

  1. ditty
  2. ditty bag
  3. ditty bags
  4. ditty box
  5. ditty boxes
  6. dittying
  7. ditungsten
  8. ditype
  9. ditypes
  10. ditypic
  11. dityrosine

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