What does "limerick" mean?

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

What is a synonym for "limerick"?

Common synonyms include: alba, anacreontic, balada, ballad, ballade, bucolic.

Pronounced //ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk//.

//ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
"The limerick, it would appear, Is a verse form we owe Edward Lear; Two long and two short Lines rhymed, as was taught, And a fifth just to bring up the rear."
2
a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A county of Ireland. countable, uncountable
2
A city in County Limerick. countable, uncountable
3
A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
4
A habitational surname from Irish. countable, uncountable