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DOGGEREL VERSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doggerel verse mean? 

DOGGEREL VERSE (noun)
  The noun DOGGEREL VERSE has 1 sense:

1. a comic verse of irregular measureplay

  Familiarity information: DOGGEREL VERSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOGGEREL VERSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A comic verse of irregular measure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

doggerel; doggerel verse; jingle

Context example:

he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind

Hypernyms ("doggerel verse" is a kind of...):

rhyme; verse (a piece of poetry)


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