: a short rhyme for children that often tells a story
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The Queen, 77, went to see an oversized egg based on a famous nursery rhyme just outside the walls of Buckingham Palace on April 1.—Simon Perry, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025 Many other millennial parents sympathized with the dad not having any nursery rhymes in his repertoire.—Daniella Gray, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 But our players stay strong, even upon hearing that these dolls all creepily sing a nursery rhyme backward.—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025 Her children's music combines classic songs and nursery rhymes with her original music.—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nursery rhyme
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