I didn't think Tom's limerick was very funny.
Source: tatoeba (11620797)
Limerick
/ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/
Synonyms for "limerick" (74 found)
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Related word relations
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More general
5 entriesMore specific
4 entriescomic poemcounty townfive line verseport city
Collocations
6 entriesAABBA rhymeIrish cityfive line poemhumorous verselimerick formshort comic poem
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- لِيمِرِيك name (town)
Armenian
1 entries- Լիմերիկ name (town)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Limerik name (town)
Belarusian
1 entries- Лімерык name (town)
Breton
1 entries- Luimneach name (town)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Лимерик name (town)
Cebuano
1 entries- Luimneach name (town)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 利默里克 name (town)
Georgian
1 entries- ლიმერიკი name (town)
German
1 entries- Limerick name (town)
Greek
1 entries- Λίμερικ name (town)
Hebrew
1 entries- לימריק name (town)
Irish
2 entries- Cathair Luimnigh name (town)
- Luimneach name (town)
Japanese
1 entries- リムリック name (town)
Korean
1 entries- 리머릭 name (town)
Latin
1 entries- Limericum name (town)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Limerikas name (town)
Macedonian
1 entries- Лимерик name (town)
Manx
1 entries- Limmeragh name (town)
Marathi
1 entries- लिमेरिक name (town)
Ossetian
1 entries- Лимерик name (town)
Persian
1 entries- لیمرک name (town)
Polish
1 entries- Limerick name (town)
Russian
1 entries- Ли́мерик name (town)
Scots
1 entries- Limerick name (town)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Luimneach name (town)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Лімерик name (town)
Urdu
1 entries- لیمرک name (town)
Uzbek
1 entries- Limerik name (town)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Limmerik name (town)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The limerick is an Irish poetry form.
Source: tatoeba (11620800)
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.
Source: wiktionary
Take a look. That’s Buffy, Muffy, and Fluffy. Do they have anything in common other than names you could write a limerick around?
Source: wiktionary