limerick
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- noun
- /ˈlɪmərɪk/
- Literature
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limerick
- The teacher asked us to create a limerick with a rhyme scheme of aabba for homework.
OK, Nate, here's a Limerick for you.
- OK, Nate, here's a Limerick for you.
- It was quite funny because everybody bombarded Humberside at Humber beat with limericks for days and days and days and days.
- Secondly, it sounds like a it's like some kind of Limerick.
Examples
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O'Brien is an Irishman from County Limerick.
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Many, if not most, of Lear's limericks are more delightful than actually ha-ha funny.
Academic text (2015) -
And so I want to begin with the only serious Limerick I have ever heard.
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I had to try to find the right one for my limerick, but it came out not right.
Academic text (1991) -
I finished my limerick, so I just made up a song on the computer for fun.
Academic text (1991) -
I have to decide whether I want my limerick to be strong, weak, or whatever.
Academic text (1991) -
Here is a Limerick which I made-up myself and published in this book.
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And some people submitted some limericks and things like that.
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OK, Nate, here's a Limerick for you.
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That's a limerick.
Synonyms
How Humorous
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word limerick likely comes from the Irish city Limerick. One popular story says people at parties sang the chorus 'Will you come up to Limerick?' and then said a short, silly five-line rhyme, so those little humorous poems became known as limericks.