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Meaning of "doggerel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOGGEREL

Dogerel worthless, perhaps from doggedog.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DOGGEREL

doggerel  [ˈdɒɡərəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOGGEREL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doggerel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOGGEREL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Doggerel

Doggerel is a derogatory term for verse considered of little literary value. The word is likely derived from dog, suggesting either ugliness, puppyish clumsiness, or unpalatability. "Doggerel" is observed to have been used as an adjective since the fourteenth century and a noun since at least 1630.

Definition of doggerel in the English dictionary

The definition of doggerel in the dictionary is comic verse, usually irregular in measure. Other definition of doggerel is nonsense; drivel.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOGGEREL


admiral
ˈædmərəl
agricultural
ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl
architectural
ˌɑːkɪˈtektʃərəl
corporal
ˈkɔːpərəl
cultural
ˈkʌltʃərəl
electoral
ɪˈlɛktərəl
federal
ˈfɛdərəl
figural
ˈfɪɡərəl
funeral
ˈfjuːnərəl
general
ˈdʒɛnərəl
hoggerel
ˈhɒɡərəl
lateral
ˈlætərəl
liberal
ˈlɪbərəl
mineral
ˈmɪnərəl
minerals
ˈmɪnərəl
mural
ˈmjʊərəl
rural
ˈrʊərəl
spiral
ˈspaɪərəl
structural
ˈstrʌktʃərəl
temporal
ˈtɛmpərəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOGGEREL

dogged
doggedly
doggedness
dogger
Dogger Bank
doggeries
doggerman
doggery
doggess
Doggett´s Coat and Badge race
doggie
doggie paddle
dogginess
dogging
doggish
doggishly
doggishness
doggo
doggone
doggoned

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOGGEREL

becquerel
cheverel
cockerel
dotterel
haverel
horse mackerel
kerel
mackerel
pickerel
snake mackerel
Spanish mackerel
spotted mackerel

Synonyms and antonyms of doggerel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «doggerel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOGGEREL

Find out the translation of doggerel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of doggerel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «doggerel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

顺口溜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coplas
570 millions of speakers

English

doggerel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खोटा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشعر الركيك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вирши
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

burlesco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হালকা ছড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poésie comique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Doggerel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reimerei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下手な詩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

doggerel
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Doggerel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bài thơ không hay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒழுங்கின்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोसेजेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yazınsal değeri olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

versi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

marny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вірші
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poezie burlească
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άτεχνη ποίηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rijmelarij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knittel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

doggerel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doggerel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOGGEREL»

The term «doggerel» is regularly used and occupies the 81.323 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOGGEREL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about doggerel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOGGEREL»

Discover the use of doggerel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doggerel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Doggerel: Poems about Dogs
A collection of poetic works pays tribute to the canine companion and includes such pieces as Margaret Cavendish's barking chorus of hunting beagles and Jane Kenyon's verse on her grinning and nuzzling dog on a drizzly afternoon.
Carmela Ciuraru, 2003
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Dachshunds and Doggerel
With both hilarious and heart-warming poems for breeds as exotic as the xoloitzcuintli, and as commonplace as the mongrel, Dachshunds and Doggerel is bound to have you sitting up and begging for more.
P. D. Murray, 2006
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Doggerel
With full-colour double-page spreads throughout and "read-it-again" sing-song verses that will encourage enthusiastic child participation, "Doggerel is destined to become a dog-eared classic. "From the Trade Paperback edition.
Sheila Dalton, Kim LaFave, 1996
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Doggerel: The Moving Memoirs of Rescue Dogs and Their Second ...
Foreword by Joanna Lumley. Inside this book are the portraits and true stories of discarded dogs that were not afraid to love again.
Angela Patmore, 2010
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Rank Doggerel: Being A Little Laughter with A Sediment of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
J. James Hewson, 2012
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Deep Doggerel
The. Inevitable. Dogs. of. Doggerel. Dog Food: The Continuing Story This is to reiterate-- Give your dogs what's on your plate. They will so appreciate, Having what it was you ate. We your pets have love to give, And give it all to you. Doesn't it ...
Mike Howard, Lora Howard
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Doggerel by the Pound
Dog. Food. Feed your dogs what you eat. Especially if it's meat. If it's good enough for you, It is good for them too. Like Danish, cheese, fast foods & stew ( hold the tacos) Just consider their ecological function Of scavenger. Then, without ...
Lora & Mike Howard
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Dogs and Doggerel
In this collection of verse Barbara Blackman, best-selling author of Glass after Glass, displays acerbic wit and playful charm to capture the unique place of dogs in our lives and language.
Barbara Blackman, 2011
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The Poetics of American Song Lyrics
The “doggerel which is not” employs a recognizable verse form and poetic language “with a wilful licentiousness which is excused by the felicitous result” ( HEP 393). Such poetry violates decorum by employing verse's conventional markers.
Charlotte Pence, 2012
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Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America
Unlike the Grub Street bards, however, Brooke applied doggerel to instructive rather than malicious ends. Rather than disrupt civility, Brooke used burlesque to suggest a standard of propriety. The difficulty of his accomplishment may not be ...
David S. Shields, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOGGEREL»

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'Love's Labours Lost' Comedy and romance, perfect for the …
Chief among Shakespeare's comedies, this one brings verse, both fine and doggerel, front and center. It's a play full of wit and puns (some ... «Packet Online, Jul 15»
2
Help during difficult times
There's Plavix, which sounds like the name of the Queen of the Mole People, and Clopidogrel, which I originally read as “Cloppy-doggerel,” ... «Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Jul 15»
3
Unstarched Shirt
... or at the Andover Shop, which once composed a bit of ad-copy doggerel rhyming ''crocodile'' with ''signs of style.'' In Philip Roth's ''Goodbye, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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GGN Thread About Nothing #134: Farewell To A Friend
I knew Mike solely through SBN, so perhaps it is fitting that my final tribute to him comes in the form of a bit of doggerel I posted as a fanpost ... «Gang Green Nation, Jul 15»
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Dartmouth Hosts Robot Poetry Contest
But it isn't that hard to turn out doggerel that looks like a college freshman wrote it. Trust me. I was a creative writing major in college and have ... «InformationWeek, Jul 15»
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Peoria mayor defends response to Twitter account
As a person, I felt a victim of sexual doggerel and filth. It was filth. It was absolute filth.” He said the investigation would continue and “run its ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
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The Dogfather's Annual Fourth of July Plea (cue Scott McKenzie)
Some guy who styles himself The Dogfather asked me for the favor of publishing this doggerel -- set to Scott McKenzie's classic paean to our ... «Pleasanton Weekly, Jul 15»
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Syfy's 'Twilight Zone' July 4 marathon: It's our America
... reading books and poetry his unsympathetic wife calls “doggerel,” hinting at not only a rigid conformism, but a mainstream anti-intellectualism ... «WTOP, Jun 15»
9
Trial by fire
... the more cunning bird switched the vadai from its beak to its feet and cawed a doggerel to disappoint the fox, constitutes two stories in one. «The Statesman, Jun 15»
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Twenty Songs That Will Convert You to Country
And that doggerel — horny, boastful, silly, epigrammatic, steeped in his local vernacular — looks ahead, too, to hip-hop. “Every woman she ... «Village Voice, Jun 15»

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