Adjective

1. Of a crude or irregular construction. (Originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning.)
   • 1678, John Dryden, "Prologue to Limberham," lines 1-4,

     True wit has seen its best days long ago;

     It ne'er look'd up, since we were dipp'd in show:

     When sense in doggerel rhymes and clouds was lost,

     And dulness flourish'd at the actors' cost.

Noun

1. A doggerel poem or verse.
   • 1895, Stephen Crane,The Red Badge of Courage, ch. 8,

     As he marched he sang a bit of doggerel in a high and quavering voice:

     "Sing a song 'a vic'try,

     A pocketful 'a bullets,

     Five an' twenty dead men

     Baked in a—pie."