noun
limerick
LIHM-rihk
noun
1
A humorous five-line poem with a bouncing rhythm and an AABBA rhyme scheme.
"He wrote a limerick about the office printer."
How to Use Limerick
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA short, funny, rhyming poem, often a bit rude or silly.
Common pairings
write a limerick
a bawdy limerick
Word Forms
limericks plural, Limericks plural
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Etymology
Named after Limerick, a city and county in Ireland, though the exact link to the poetic form is unclear.