limerick

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lim·e·rick /ˈlɪmərɪk/ noun [countable]  ALa humorous short poem that has five lines that rhyme 五行打油诗

Examples from the Corpus

limerick• Based on one of Aesop's fables, it was as much like a limerick as one of Shakespeare's sonnets.• On several subsequent Manhattan visits I met Tom again and between visits we exchanged letters and limericks.• He welcomed changes in the life of the University and of the Department in adroitly phrased verse and limericks.• This is the last call for limericks with an electoral theme.• Five-line limericks, however, add humour, but be sure they are in good taste.• We're after a standard limerick on any electoral theme, remember, but probably featuring a North-East candidate.• As for that limerick of hers, I have heard her tell worse.• Maybe she will try writing again, nothing too ambitious, a fun poem in the limerick mode.nLimerick  n1. a county in the southwest of the Republic of Irelandn2. the main town of this countyOrigin limerick (1800-1900) Limerick county in Ireland

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that Corpus five short rhyme humorous a poem that has lines

Limerick
Limerick
1. a county in the southwest of the Republic of Ireland
2. the main town of this county

limerick
lim‧e‧rick /ˈlɪmərɪk/ noun [countable]a humorous short poem that has five lines that rhyme
     

THESAURUS

■ a poem
   ▪ poem a piece of writing that expresses emotions, experiences, and ideas, especially in short lines using words that rhyme: ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ is the first line of a famous poem by WIlliam Wordsworth.
   ▪ sonnet a poem with 14 lines which rhyme with each other in a fixed pattern: Shakespeare’s sonnets
   ▪ haiku a type of Japanese poem with three lines consisting of five, seven, and five syllables: a haiku by Matsuo Basho about a frog jumping into a pond
   ▪ limerick a short humorous poem that has five lines which rhyme: a limerick by Edward Lear, which began ‘There was a young lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway’.
   ▪ rhyme a short poem or song, especially for children, using words that rhyme: a collection of traditional rhymes with illustrations | The children were reciting a rhyme. | a nursery rhyme (=a short traditional poem or song for children)

lim·er·ickBrE /ˈlɪmərɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪmərɪk/ 🔊 nouna humorous short poem, with two long lines that rhyme with each other, followed by two short lines that rhyme with each other and ending with a long line that rhymes with the first two 五行打油诗（幽默短诗，起始两长句押韵，中间两短句押韵，最后一长句与开头两句押韵）

LimerickBrE /ˈlɪmərɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪmərɪk/ 🔊a city in the Republic of Ireland, located in the south-west of the country on the River Shannon 利默里克（爱尔兰共和国西南部香农河畔的城市）