ALL meanings of limerick
lim·er·ick
L l - noun limerick a county in N Munster, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 037 sq. mi. (2686 sq. km). 1
- noun limerick its county seat: a seaport at the head of the Shannon estuary. 1
- noun limerick Angling. a fishhook having a sharp bend below the barb. 1
- noun limerick humorous poem 1
- noun limerick A humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear. 1
- countable noun limerick A limerick is a humorous poem which has five lines. 0
- noun limerick a form of comic verse consisting of five anapaestic lines of which the first, second, and fifth have three metrical feet and rhyme together and the third and fourth have two metrical feet and rhyme together 0
- noun limerick a county of SW Republic of Ireland, in N Munster province: consists chiefly of an undulating plain with rich pasture and mountains in the south. County town: Limerick. Pop: 175 304 (2002). Area: 2686 sq km (1037 sq miles) 0
- noun limerick a port in SW Republic of Ireland, county town of Limerick, at the head of the Shannon estuary. Pop: 86 998 (2002) 0
- noun limerick county in SW Ireland, in Munster province: 1,037 sq mi (2,686 sq km); pop. 110,000 0
- noun limerick its county seat: pop. 75,000 0
- noun limerick a nonsense poem of five anapestic lines, now often bawdy, usually with the rhyme scheme aabba, the first, second, and fifth lines having three stresses, the third and fourth having two: the form was popularized by Edward Lear (Ex.: There was a young lady named Harris, / Whom nothing could ever embarrass / Till the bath salts one day / In the tub where she lay / Turned out to be plaster of Paris) 0
- noun limerick A humourous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically has a 9–9–6–6–9 cadence. 0