noun
definition
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence.
Examples of limericks in a Sentence
Children love silly poems, limericks and jokes that let them giggle and grin.
I'm sure Irish limericks go down a treat in the hood.
Show all How are you lot on creating limericks?
The nice thing about limericks are that you can decide just how dirty you plan to make them, and assign the rhyme based on that.
I could get her a book of Irish limericks or an iTunes gift card.
To the poster who writes limericks, good poem!
They had various challenges to attempt along the way, such as trying not to break four sticks of spaghetti and composing limericks!
The event was a celebration of lesser published, underground limericks which left the 70 strong audience rolling in the aisles.
Concentrate on fun things like, "she's deathly afraid of worms," or "she likes to write limericks."