doggerel

What does doggerel mean?

doggerel means "a comic verse of irregular measure".

How many syllables are in doggerel?

doggerel has 3 syllables: dog-ge-rel. The stress falls on "dog". In IPA it is /ˈdɑɡɚəl/.

What is another word for doggerel?

Close synonyms include doggerel verse, jingle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doggerel a common word?

doggerel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for doggerel come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.