In informal English, you can use ditto to represent a word or phrase that you have just used in order to avoid repeating it. In written lists, ditto can be represented by ditto marks – the symbol " – underneath the word that you want to repeat.
Lister's dead. Ditto three Miami drug dealers and a lady.
ditto in British English
(ˈdɪtəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural-tos
1.
the aforementioned; the above; the same. Used in accounts, lists, etc, to avoid repetition and symbolized by two small marks (〃) known as ditto marks, placed under the thing repeated
Abbreviation: do
2. informal
a.
a duplicate
b.
(as modifier)
a ditto copy
adverb
3.
in the same way
sentence substitute
4. informal
used to avoid repeating or to confirm agreement with an immediately preceding sentence
verbWord forms: -tos, -toing or -toed
5. (transitive)
to copy; repeat
Word origin
C17: from Italian (Tuscan dialect), variant of detto said, from dicere to say, from Latin
ditto in American English
(ˈdɪtoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈdittos
1.
the same (as something said or appearing above or before)
2.
a duplicate; another of the same
3.
ditto mark
adverb
4.
as said above; as before; likewise
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdittoed or ˈdittoing
5.
to duplicate or make copies of
6.
to indicate repetition of, by using ditto marks
7.
to do again; repeat
Word origin
It (Tuscan), var. of detto, said < L dictus, pp. of dicere, to say: see diction
Examples of 'ditto' in a sentence
ditto
Double ditto the man who did the same thing, only the other way round.