as in sonnet
a humorous rhyming composition of five lines
She recited an old limerick which elicited guffaws from the crowd
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Recent Examples of limerick
Like Andy Warhol’s soup cans, Slaughterhouse-Five, with its jokes, drawings, risqué limericks and flying saucers, blurs the line between high and low culture.
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Susan Farrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
The team started with sonnets, then went on to limericks.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
In May 1990, third-grader Taylor Burns sent him a handwritten limerick about a mouse found in a stew.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 4 Oct. 2022
Lines 1, 2 and 5 of a limerick rhyme with one another, as do Lines 3 and 4.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
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Susan Farrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
The team started with sonnets, then went on to limericks.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
In May 1990, third-grader Taylor Burns sent him a handwritten limerick about a mouse found in a stew.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 4 Oct. 2022
Lines 1, 2 and 5 of a limerick rhyme with one another, as do Lines 3 and 4.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for limerick
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Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could.Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
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And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science?Constance Grady, Vox, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Songs of the Jabberwock – as the book is called when seen in reflection – includes one of the most famous nonsense poems of all time.Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Following the critical and commercial success of Oppenheimer, Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan is set to adapt Homer's epic poem The Odyssey into a feature film.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Now he's recruited a seminal hip-hop figure from beyond our city borders — Slug, from Minneapolis' Atmosphere — who brings prestige to Chapelle's captivating rhymes with his own magnetic verse.Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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Suddenly thrust into the spotlight, DMC—who loved comic books and writing rhymes alone in his room—eventually couldn’t function without alcohol.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 11 Dec. 2024
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He is known as the patron saint of bookbinders and wrote an illustrative book of psalms while at the monastery of St. Finnian, according to Discovering Ireland.Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 15 Mar. 2024
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Inside the nave, choirs sang psalms, and the cathedral’s mighty organ thundered back to life in a triumphant interplay of melodies.Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Now he's recruited a seminal hip-hop figure from beyond our city borders — Slug, from Minneapolis' Atmosphere — who brings prestige to Chapelle's captivating rhymes with his own magnetic verse.Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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The poem walks readers through how to make the soup in slow, romantic verses.Anna Kodé, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Limerick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limerick. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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