Definition of Clerihew

1. Noun. A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person. "`The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew"

Generic synonyms: Rhyme, Verse

Definition of Clerihew

1. a humorous poem [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clerihew

cleric
clerical
clericalism
clericalisms
clericalist
clericalists
clerically
clericals
clerical collar
clerical spectacles
clerics
clerid
Cleridae
clerids
clerid beetle
clerihew (current term)
clerihews
clerisies
clerisy
clerk
clerkdom
clerkdoms
clerked
clerkess
clerking
clerkish
clerklier
clerkliest
clerkly
clerks

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