Definition of "limerick"

limerick

/ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/

noun
plural limericks
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.
  Quotations
  The limerick, it would appear,Is a verse form we owe Edward Lear;Two long and two shortLines rhymed, as was taught,And a fifth just to bring up the rear.
  Description of the limerick in limerick form
  Take a look. That’s Buffy, Muffy, and Fluffy.Do they have anything in common other than names you could write a limerick around?
  2006 May 24, Rhonda Smiley, “Sis-KaBOOM-Bah!”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 4, episode 15, spoken by Jerry Lewis and Samantha “Sam” (Adrian Truss and Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon